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Nine-O-Nine, the B-17 bomber involved in yesterday's tragic crash in Connecticut, was built too late to serve in World War II, but was later rebuilt to resemble the original Nine O Nine, a.
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Painted to look like another B-17 of WWII ( Nine-o-Nine, variant B-17G-30-BO), this late-model B-17G-85-DL aircraft wasn't finished in time to join World War II, but instead spent its 74.
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2019 Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress crash Coordinates: 41°55′54″N 72°41′32″W On October 2, 2019, a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress owned by the Collings Foundation crashed at Bradley International Airport, Windsor Locks, Connecticut, United States.
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B-17, U.S. heavy bomber used during World War II. The B-17 was designed by the Boeing Aircraft Company in response to a 1934 Army Air Corps specification that called for a four-engined bomber at a time when two engines were the norm.
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4/13/2021 WASHINGTON (April 13, 2021) — The National Transportation Safety Board detailed in an accident report issued Tuesday the circumstances that led to the crash of a Boeing B-17G airplane that killed seven people and injured seven others.
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Among the 12,731 B-17s produced between 1935 and 1945, one stands out for its stellar war record and post-war legacy - the Nine-O-Nine. Named after the last three digits of the military serial number, 42-31909, the Nine-O-Nine served the 8th Air Force, 91st Bomb Group, 323rd Squadron based in Bassingbourn, England, with distinction and valour.
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Among the ten warbirds in their fleet by 2019 was a B-17 Flying Fortress built in 1945 under the military serial number 44-83575, although it had been repainted to look like its more famous.
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It was known at one point as the "Flying Fortress," or "the 909." This plane was one of 18 B-17 actively flying in the United States, Sen. Richard Blumenthal said in a statement after the.
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The captain was 75-year-old Ernest "Mac" McCauley. He held a commercial pilot certificate and a type rating for the B-17. He also held a valid FAA medical certificate and reported 14,500 hours of flight time, of which nearly half was logged in the Flying Fortress. He was the most experienced living B-17 pilot in the world.
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AeroShell pilot Mark Henley takes us on a tour of the Collings Foundation's restored B-17G Flying Fortress "909."
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In 2017, I flew out of Raleigh, NC, on the Collings Foundation's WWII B-17 bomber '909'. Six days ago, this bomber crashed in Connecticut with significant lo.
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A portrait of the passengers aboard the doomed World War II-era airplane began to emerge a day after the plane crashed at a Connecticut airport, killing seven. Connecticut State Police near where a.
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NTSB is currently investigating the crash of B-17 (N93012) "Nine-o-Nine" that crashed at the Bradley International Airport on October 2, 2019. Onboard were 13 people of which 7 were killed and 6 more wounded. Another person on the ground got severely burned on his hands and arms after trying to help the victims from the burning wreckage.
B17 '909' from the Collings Foundation YouTube
The NTSB has released its final report on the fatal crash of the Collings Foundation's B-17 Nine-O-Nine and the board's takeaway is no surprise to anyone who has been following the story.
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I think the aircraft commander for 909 was highest time B-17 pilot on the planet; he was 75. While touring FiFi not long ago, I had the chance to talk to the A/C and was surprised to learn that he was 74. I'm sure both these guys had seen everything there is to see while on tour.
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The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress is an American four-engined heavy bomber developed in the 1930s for the United States Army Air Corps (USAAC). A fast and high-flying bomber of its era, the B-17 was used primarily in the European Theater of Operations and dropped more bombs than any other aircraft during World War II.
