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NINE-O-NINE CRASH
Editor’s note: On October 2, 2019, a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress owned by the Collings Foundation crashed at Bradley International Airport, Windsor Locks, Connecticut, United States. Seven of the thirteen people on board were killed, and the other six, as well as one person on the ground, were injured. The aircraft was destroyed by fire, with only the tail and a portion of one wing remaining.
What a terrible loss of life and history! I had just seen the B-17 along with the other planes at the Laconia, NH, airport a few days prior to the accident. Other than taking a ride, I’ve been through the Nine-O-Nine many times since the 1990s when I first saw it on a cold rainy day. Admission was
