B-17 Nine-O-Nine crash

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October 3rd, 2019, 06:59 AM

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B-17 Nine-O-Nine crash

Lost another piece of history with the crash of the Nine-0-Nine. Lives lost were enjoying what they loved to do. I flew in the Texas Raiders B-17 two years ago, checking of a spot from my bucket list.

October 3rd, 2019, 07:02 AM

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I read about this crash. Definitely a bummer. I wonder what the name of the plane was (since they all had nose art)?

October 3rd, 2019, 07:40 AM

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I wonder what the name of the plane was (since they all had nose art)?

Nine-0-Nine. Did you not read the heading?

October 3rd, 2019, 07:53 AM

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DOH!

October 3rd, 2019, 09:06 AM

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My dads brother was a co-pilot on a B-17 in WWII. Flew with the bloody 100th. Shot down on his first mission to bomb Bremen. His plane never had the nose art painted. Was supposed to be "Bar Fly"

October 3rd, 2019, 10:52 AM

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I believe my friends uncle was the pilot...
Trying to find the name.

October 3rd, 2019, 12:45 PM

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the pilot...
Trying to find the name.

Paul Schmalenbach was his pilot. might not be spelld correctly

October 4th, 2019, 08:24 AM

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Sad indeed. I had visited the Collings Foundation museum a number of times in the past, great facility. We got to sit in Nine-0- Nine while it was there on static display.