B-17-231503-bassingborne.jpg
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B-17G AAF Ser. No. 44-83575 restored to military configuration and flying as AAF Ser. No. 42-31909, a B-17G-30-BO Flying Fortress named Nine-O-Nine of the 323rd Bomb Squadron, one of two longest-serving B-17's of the 91st BG; the original "Nine-O-Nine" was scrapped after World War II in Kingman, Arizona. B-17G 44-83575 was built too late for the war and was for a time used as a civilian fire bomber. 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. Seven of the thirteen people on board were killed, and the other six, as well as one person on the ground, were injured. The aircraft was destroyed by fire, with only the tail and a portion of one wing remaining.
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circa 1980
date QS:P,+1980-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
s-1990s
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National Archives via the United States Air Force Historical Research Agency, Maxwell AFB Alabama. Transferred from en.wikipedia to Commons by Rcbutcher using CommonsHelper . Original uploader was Bwmoll3 at en.wikipedia 19 August 2006 (original upload date) |
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- 2006-08-19 00:32 Bwmoll3 600×450× (99732 bytes) B-17 Serial 42-231503 - 91st BG Raf Bassingborne, England Source: National Archives via the United States Air Force Historical Research Agency, Maxwell AFB Alabama