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  2. Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress - Wikipedia

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    Ye Olde Pub – A highly damaged B-17 piloted by Charlie Brown that was not shot down by Franz Stigler, as memorialized in the painting A Higher Call by John D. Shaw. [205] 5 Grand – 5,000th B-17 made, emblazoned with Boeing employee signatures, served with the 333rd Bomb Squadron, 96th Bomb Group in Europe.

  3. Accidents and incidents involving the Boeing B-17 Flying ...

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    A Republic of China Air Force B-17 crashed near Fujian, People's Republic of China. "Pilot Nie Jing Yuan, four crew members and four agents that were to be airdropped, were all killed. The People's Republic of China did not make a claim to have shot the aircraft down, so it might have suffered an accident." [140] 26 June 1956

  4. Charlie Brown and Franz Stigler incident - Wikipedia

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    Brown's B-17 began its ten-minute bomb run at 8,320 m (27,300 ft) with an outside air temperature of −60 °C (−76 °F). Before the bomber released its bomb load, flak shattered the Plexiglas nose, knocked out the #2 engine and further damaged the #4 engine, which was already in questionable condition and had to be throttled back to prevent ...

  5. 2019 Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress crash - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  6. What we know about the B-17 Flying Fortress, P-63 ... - AOL

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    A Bell P-63 Kingcobra collided in midair with a B-17 Flying Fortress during the Wings Over ... The B-17G Flying Fortress was equipped with 11 to 13 machine guns and capable of a 9,600-pound bomb ...

  7. Alan Magee - Wikipedia

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    Alan Eugene Magee (January 13, 1919 – December 20, 2003) was a United States airman during World War II who survived a 22,000-foot (6,700 m) fall from his damaged B-17 Flying Fortress. [1] He was featured in the 1981 Smithsonian Magazine as one of the 10 most amazing survival stories of World War II.

  8. Operation Aphrodite - Wikipedia

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    (Alternate sources claim one hit 1,500 ft (460 m) short and one was shot down, [20] and that one drone crashed killing one of the crew of two men). [21] Watten 6 August 1944 B-17 30342 [22] B-17 30212 (Quarterback) B-17 31394 Crews abandoned the missiles without complications; a few minutes later one lost control and fell into the sea. [23]

  9. Memphis Belle (aircraft) - Wikipedia

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    The crew back from their 25th operational mission. All were awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Air Medal.. The Memphis Belle, a Boeing-built B-17F-10-BO, manufacturer's serial number 3170, USAAC Serial No. 41-24485, was added to the USAAF inventory on 15 July 1942, [7] and delivered in September 1942 to the 91st Bombardment Group at Dow Field, Bangor, Maine. [8]