B-17 Destroyed in Crash

[mdgjedde]

It's sad to see. Some of the post-landing/crash photos remind me of the B-17 crash depicted in the film Memphis Belle. Thankfully everyone survived this.

[nssd70]

Here's a picture of her from a couple of weeks ago in Des Moines.

Doug


IMG_0170 by nssd70, on Flickr

[billv]

Good news that everyone made it out, but watching her burn is painful. As Jeremy said, it's heartbreaking...a piece of history gone forever.

[moose135]

From:
http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?sec...cal&id=8187278

Jim Gibson took video of the plane on Sunday. His uncle was a tail gunner in a B-17 in World War II. Gibson says a mechanic told him they had been repairing a fuel leak.

"We were wondering would it fly, and I went up and took some videos of it. And the gentleman said, 'no, it doesn't look like it. We have some fuel leakage problems.' "

Makes you wonder...

[heeshung]

She visited Teterboro back in 2007. Thread Here