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

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    [97] [98] The B-17, of the 224th AAF Base Unit, out of Sioux City Army Air Base, Iowa, was part of a formation of bombers on a camera-gunnery mission, en route to Bruning AAF, which was flying in several elements. The fighter struck the wing man of the second element of the low formation. [99] Only four crew of ten aboard the B-17 managed to ...

  3. 2019 Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress crash - Wikipedia

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    The NTSB found that the foundation's preflight checklist called for the engine run-up to be performed at lower RPM than specified in the B-17 ground maintenance checklist, and the preflight run-up of the accident flight was in fact performed at a lower RPM setting, which made magneto problems more difficult to detect because the RPM drop caused ...

  4. NTSB releases almost 2,000 pages on investigation into ... - AOL

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    The crash happened on Nov. 12, 2022, when a Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress and a Bell P-63F Kingcobra, a fighter plane, both from the World War II era, collided at the Wings Over Dallas airshow. Six ...

  5. 2022 Dallas air show mid-air collision - Wikipedia

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    Following the crash, both the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) launched investigations into the accident. [4] On November 14, the NTSB announced that the wreckage of the P-63 had been moved to a "secure location", while the recovery of the B-17 wreckage was delayed by rain.

  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 Dallas air show on Saturday at Dallas Executive Airport. Here is what we know about the aircraft. B-17 ...

  7. NTSB publishes report detailing crash that killed Kentucky ...

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    A new report released by the National Transportation Safety Board reveals additional information about a Sept. 27 plane crash that killed two people

  8. Nine-O-Nine - Wikipedia

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    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.

  9. Talk:2019 Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress crash - Wikipedia

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    We also have learned that the flight was delayed 40 minutes due to trouble getting one of the engines started. The pilot was also a mechanic. He got out and inspected the engine. He had 7,300 hours of B-17 flight experience and was the most experienced B-17 pilot on the country (and probably the world). The co-pilot was a retired 747 captain.