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B-17G-85-DL: 44-83486 bis 44-83585
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B-17 44-83575 / Nine-O-Nine
Delivered Tulsa 6/4/45; Assigned USAF 7/4/45 before conversion to SB-17G search & rescue, before retiring joining 1 Rescue Sqd, Puerto Rico (6AF) 1951; Civil N93012, at Stow, Mass, then to Yucca Flats for nuclear weapons range work as MISS YUCCA; damaged at Beaver Co, PA 1987; repaired and re-built in 1965, now wearing colours of 323BS/91BG, Bassingbourn, Cambs, UK., now at Collings Foundation, Stow, MA., as NINE-O-NINE (displayed as 42-31909).
Zuletzt aktualisiert: 18. Januar 2020
B-17 44-83575 / Nine-O-Nine Details
Die Original B-17G #42-31909 ‚Nine-O-Nine‘ flog 140 Einsätze.
02. Oktober 2019
Beim Landeanflug auf Bradley International Airport in Connecticut abgestürzt.
https://edition.cnn.com/2019/10/02/us/connecticut-plane-crash-trnd/index.html
18. Januar 2025 access_time 2:11
This was an unfortunate loss that happened near where I grew up. I saw this plane in flight a few days before the loss, it was on tour as part of the Collings Foundation which is dedicated to “living history”. A local news station (WWLP in Springfield, Mass.) posted a list of the names of the crew and passengers here: https://www.wwlp.com/news/connecticut/names-of-passengers-and-crew-of-b-17-released-investigation-into-crash-continues/
From this article:
Pilot Ernest McCauley, deceased. He had flown this aircraft for more than 20 years.
Three of the people on-board the plane were from western Massachusetts. Two of them; David Broderick, 56, of West Springfield, and James Roberts, 48, of Ludlow, were killed. The third local passenger, Andy Barrett, 36, of South Hadley, survived.
The other people aboard the plane were:
Deceased:
Michael Foster (Co-pilot) – 71, of Jacksonville, Florida
Gary Mazzone (passenger) – 66, of Broad Brook, Connecticut
Robert Riddell (passenger) – 59, of East Granby, Connecticut
Robert Rubner (passenger) – 64, of Tolland, Connecticut
Injured:
Mitchell Melton (flight engineer) – 34, of Dalehart, Texas
Andrew Sullivan (airport personnel) – 28, of Enfield, Connecticut
Linda Schmidt (passenger) – 62, of Suffield, Connecticut
Tom Schmidt (passenger) – 62, of Suffield, Connecticut
Joseph Huber (passenger) – 48, of Tariffville, Connecticut
Tames Traficante (passenger) – 54, of Simsbury, Connecticut