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Historic B-17 "Flying Fortress" aircraft in flames near Chicago

Chicago, USA - The seven passengers are unharmed

On Monday, June 13 an historic US bomber of the Second World War has crashed in an agricultural field near the city of Chicago (Illinois), having caught fire while it was still in flight. The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, a four-engine heavy bomber aircraft of US Air Force, later renamed the "Liberty Belle" and kept in the Liberty Foundation in Miami was built in 1944, and was therefore a precious...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1130843
Rome, Italy, 06/14/2011 15:11
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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