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Some wreckage remains at the site. [17] 3 June 1943 B-17F-55-DL, 42-3399, "Scharazad", [37] of the Plummer Provisional Group, 318th Bomb Squadron, [35] flying to Grand Island, Nebraska, from Pendleton Army Air Base in Oregon crashes on Bomber Mountain in the Big Horn Mountains of Wyoming. 10 crew members were killed. Wreckage finally discovered ...
The aircraft involved was a 74-year-old Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, military serial number 44-83575 (variant B-17G-85-DL) with civilian registration N93012. [4] The aircraft was painted as a representation of a different B-17G, [ 5 ] Nine-O-Nine , with military serial number 42-31909 (variant B-17G-30-BO), which had been scrapped shortly after ...
Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in Germany (2 C, 32 P) Pages in category "Aviation accidents and incidents in Germany" The following 35 pages are in this category, out of 35 total.
Nine-O-Nine was a Boeing B-17G-30-BO Flying Fortress heavy bomber, of the 323d Bombardment Squadron, 91st Bombardment Group, that completed 140 combat missions during World War II, believed to be the Eighth Air Force record for most missions without loss to the crews that flew her.
According to a report from the War Department about the crash, Donini's B-17 was flying at an altitude of 24,000 feet over Germany when it collided with an escort fighter plane of the same squadron.
Pages in category "Aviation accidents and incidents involving the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
B-17 turbocharger, crash debris. Crash sites vary in size and content; some may have fuselages, engines, and thousands of parts and debris. Other sites, like in civilian/commercial crashes, the Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) will have almost all of the aircraft and debris removed; which makes ...
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