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Category:Transportation
Subcategory:Airplanes
Subcategory Detail:Military
Keywords:B-17, B17, Bomber, Flying, Fortress, Illinois, Liberty Belle, Liberty Foundation, Oswego, WWII, Warbird, aircraft, airplane, art, emergency, engine, fire, landing, nose, noseart, restored
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Original file size5.98 MB
Image typeJPEG
Color spaceUncalibrated
Date modified17-Jun-11 19:19
Liberty Belle

Liberty Belle

13 Jun 2011
In horror I watch the national news footage indicating that the B-17 "Liberty Belle" has crashed in Oswego, Illinois. Later reports seem to mention an engine fire in the number four engine, which led to an apparently executed emergency landing into a cornfield. The crew and volunteers totaling seven, all got out safely, only to watch the Liberty Belle be destroyed in a huge fire that spread throughout the entire mid-section of the aircraft. An irreplaceable loss, major credit need to be given to pilot and co-pilot for bringing her down intact, despite an engine fire.
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