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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 ...
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 .
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.
Aviation accidents and incidents involving the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress (6 P) Pages in category "Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress" The following 36 pages are in this category, out of 36 total.
B-17 Flying Fortress The four-engine B-17 was developed by Boeing in the 1930s and dropped more bombs than any other American aircraft during World War II , according to the Delaware Division of ...
The Loon Lake B-23 Dragon crash site in Payette National Forest, Idaho is a remarkably intact example of an aircraft wreck. The crew survived and was rescued, and some avionics removed from the site, and it currently is the subject of a teaching aviation archaeology field school in various years.
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