A plane I have seen at several airshows. Sad to loose a piece of our history. Prayers for the victims.
What a terrible tragedy! My heart goes out to the survivors and to all the familes.
This is totally tragic. If it doesn’t slide into the fuel trucks/tanks, they all walk away.
This is totally tragic. If it doesn’t slide into the fuel trucks/tanks, they all walk away.
My experience at air shows was seeing Sentimental Journey. The B 17 is a magnificent aircraft Prayers for the families and survivors. A terrible shame.
Was this one of those flights one can take?
They had a B-17 doing that recently at an airport near me.
My uncle was a tail gunner on one in WWII, got hit, he bailed out and spent several months as a POW
He had PTSD before anyone knew what to call it. Sweetest guy, but prone to violent outbursts out of the blue
Prayers up for the victims. Sad.
I was just on this plane a few weeks ago when it was here during the EAA Airshow. It was based at Chicago Executive Airport (Palwaukee) where I was inside it.
What a terrible tragedy for everyone involved. Prayers for those who were lost.
Awful. Prayers to the families of those killed.
This is from a local article here in Humboldt county California
“The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress is one of several historical planes owned and operated by the Massachusetts-based Collings Foundation, a non-profit that stages “living history” events with the goal of teaching Americans about their heritage. The organization’s “Wings of Freedom Tour” — which includes the plane that crashed today — has made several trips to ACV providing a unique soaring opportunity to hundreds of Humboldtians over the years. (The Lost Coast Outpost has participated in two such tours in recent years.)
https://lostcoastoutpost.com/2019/oct/2/wwii-era-b-17-bomber-crashed-connecticut-today-had/
That plane visited our town every two years for a long time now. It has flown over my house several times. It’s a very sad day. It was a powerful connection to the dedication of so many brave people. Great sadness for those who were lost, and for those they leave behind.
B-17 “liberty Bell” crashed and burned in Illinois 9 years ago. Now “909”. Bad times for historic aircraft.
She was known as the Yucca Queen back about 1970.She was recovered from a Nuc test site after cooling off for 20 years.