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On November 12, 2022, two World War II –era aircraft, a B-17 Flying Fortress and a Bell P-63 Kingcobra, collided mid-air and crashed during the Wings Over Dallas air show at Dallas Executive Airport in Dallas, Texas, United States. [ 1 ] The air show, which coincided with Veterans Day commemorations, was organized by the Commemorative Air Force.
Texas Raiders was an American Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, a B-17G-95-DL built by Douglas Long Beach. In 1967, it was purchased by the Commemorative Air Force 's Gulf Coast Wing "Texas Raiders" group, which maintained and flew the aircraft out of Conroe-North Houston Regional Airport in Conroe, Texas. The aircraft was destroyed on November 12 ...
The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress is an American four-engine heavy bomber used by the United States Army Air Forces and other Allied air forces during World War II. Forty-five planes survive in complete form, [1][a] including 38 in the United States with many preserved in museum displays. The number of operational B-17s has dwindled over time ...
A B-17 named Bucket of Bolts, left, sits on the tarmac near a B-24A named Diamond Lil, both of the Commemorative Air Force, at the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association’s Airportfest at Meacham ...
A B-17 with 13 people aboard crashed at a 2019 air show in ... The P-63 in the Dallas show was owned by the Commemorative Air Force, according to a spokesperson. Show comments. Advertisement.
The Commemorative Air Force(CAF), formerly known as the Confederate Air Force,[1]is an American non-profit organizationbased in Dallas, Texas, that preserves and shows historical aircraft at airshows, primarily in the U.S. and Canada. The CAF has about 13,000 members, more than 70 chapters, and more than 170 aircraft,[2]including the world's ...
Boeing 307 Stratoliner. The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress is an American four-engined heavy bomber aircraft developed in the 1930s for the United States Army Air Corps (USAAC). A fast and high-flying bomber, the B-17 was used primarily in the European Theater of Operations and dropped more bombs than any other aircraft during World War II.
2023. 2025. The U-17 Africa Cup of Nations, known as the TotalEnergies U-17 Africa Cup of Nations for sponsorship purposes, is a biennial youth association football competition organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) for its nations consisting of players under the age of 17. It serves as the African qualification tournament for ...