72 usmc Posted November 13, 2022 Share Posted November 13, 2022 B17-G, Texas Raider GONE see also In the united States there are around 38-40 B17s that survive in complete shape of which approximately nine still fly at air shows. One just was lost. https://johnweeks.com/b17active/index.html Quote The number varies from time to time as airframes enter restoration, or complete restoration or move to flight status. The current total of surviving B-17 bombers located in the United States stands at 40: Nine (9) B-17 planes are airworthy, see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_surviving_Boeing_B-17_Flying_Fortresses More recent information laater in the day on the K98 forum: https://www.k98kforum.com/threads/horrific-midair-collision-at-wings-over-dallas.53532/ https://www.milsurps.com/showthread.php?t=77621 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fritz Posted November 13, 2022 Share Posted November 13, 2022 You might remember also the crash of a Spanish built Heinkel He 111 in 2006 owned by the "Confederate Air Force", both men on board were killed and the plane was unfortunately a complete write off. There is a post about it somewhere in the Forum. This was the last airworthy example of it's type. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
72 usmc Posted November 15, 2022 Author Share Posted November 15, 2022 I found some links to the Heinkel 111 crash http://www.aero-news.net/index.cfm?do=main.textpost&id=93788ac9-1b2c-4472-a5ff-1c8dc9b08249 https://sigforum.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/320601935/m/4710094274 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gildwiller1918 Posted November 18, 2022 Share Posted November 18, 2022 Very unfortunate incident. Clearly the smaller aircraft flew into the bomber. Hopefully this will not put off any future events. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fritz Posted November 19, 2022 Share Posted November 19, 2022 The last video was already posted in the article on the He111 in the Aviation section. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
72 usmc Posted November 19, 2022 Author Share Posted November 19, 2022 Here is the original post in the aviation section about the Heinkel ( lots of good information): For some reason I could not find it under the search "Heinkel " Thanks Fritz. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Fritz Posted November 19, 2022 Share Posted November 19, 2022 The man in the centre is Unteroffizier Walter Neusüß 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
72 usmc Posted November 19, 2022 Author Share Posted November 19, 2022 an interesting video 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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