View Full Version : A sad sight - Liberty Belle in flames
IANESSAR
15th Jun 2011, 09:20
Sorry to see this beautiful aeroplane destroyed.
Vintage WWII bomber that crashed in Illinois had flown over Hampton Roads - dailypress.com (http://www.dailypress.com/news/military/dp-nws-b17-flying-fortress-crashes-20110613,0,298950.story)
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From the horses mouth.
Home | Liberty Belle B-17 Flying Fortress (http://www.libertyfoundation.org/index.html)
Basil
15th Jun 2011, 09:53
Running on mil forum (http://www.pprune.org/military-aircrew/454479-b-17-liberty-belle-destroyed.html)
Sad firetrucks couldn't get across field ??
Sad firetrucks couldn't get across field ??
That IS disturbing....
172driver
15th Jun 2011, 11:05
The fire trucks didn't even TRY to get to the a/c??? I wasn't there, but from the picture on the Liberty Bell website, the field doesn't look too soft. Sad.
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Chicago Tribune reports that two trucks did indeed get stuck in the mud. Maybe they were out of the picture frame.
sb_sfo
15th Jun 2011, 13:57
Damn, that's sad. I got a ride in her on 10 April when she was at KHWD-best 40 minutes I've had in a while.http://images.ibsrv.net/ibsrv/res/src:www.pprune.org/get/images/smilies/thumbs.gif