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Source:
By Valder137 [CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
Production-block:
B-17G-85-DL: 44-83486 to 44-83585
Manufacturer:
Douglas
History of
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).
Last updated: 18. January 2020
B-17 44-83575 / Nine-O-Nine Details
The original B-17G #42-31909 ‚Nine-O-Nine‘ flew 140 combat missions.
Crashed at the end of a runway while attempting to land at Bradley International Airport in Connecticut.
What a bad news 02 October 2019:
https://edition.cnn.com/2019/10/02/us/connecticut-plane-crash-trnd/index.html
18. January 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