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WWII B-17 bomber crashes outside Chicago

ProfJohn

ProfJohn

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Horrible news. Let's hope that the damage isn't too severe.
OSWEGO, Ill. – A B-17 bomber that dates to World War II crashed and burned Monday morning in a cornfield outside Chicago, aviation officials said.
The Federal Aviation Administration believes the seven people on board the plane escaped uninjured, spokeswoman Elizabeth Isham Cory said.
"The plane is burning," Cory said.
The vintage plane took off from Aurora Municipal Airport on Monday morning and crashed about 20 minutes later in Oswego, Cory said.
The pilot reported a fire shortly after taking off, said Sugar Grove Fire Chief Marty Kunkle.
"He attempted to make a return to the airport, but couldn't make it so he put it down in a cornfield," Kunkel said.
Firefighters from Oswego, Sugar Grove and Plainfield responded to the crash. Fire officials said they were having difficulty accessing the crash because of wet fields.
The aircraft was made in 1944 and is known as the "Flying Fortress." It is registered to the Liberty Foundation in Miami, Cory said.
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damn, B-17's are getting fewer and fewer.

One was lost in a fire at the museum at Willow Run a few years back.

...err maybe that was a B-26
 
Damned shame. Such an iconic plane.

RIP, Liberty Belle.

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That b17 used to be at the bradley air museum in CT, which is about 30 mins from me.

Wile it sucks to lose a plane like that, there wasn't much original left in that airframe. Pratt and Whitney tore the hell out of it, and i've seen pics of what it looked like after the '79 tornado -- it looked worse than the pics in that article.
 
Wow, that looks like a total loss.

I had the good fortune to climb through one of those a few weeks ago in Palm Springs at the Air Museum there. Very very cool airplane.

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Series is 001-016 if anyone wants to see more pics.
 
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