Thursday, June 30, 2011

The B-17 "Liberty Belle" Crash Lands and Burns

Liberty Belle pictured above at Peachtree Dekalb airport Feb. 15, 2009

see crash photos From : www.chicagotribune.com

Seven crew members and volunteers walked away without serious injury after a World War II "Flying Fortress" bomber burned in a cornfield southeast of Aurora Municipal Airport on Monday, June 13, officials say. The B-17, christened the "Liberty Belle," took off from the airport at 9:30 a.m. and made an emergency landing in a cornfield near Highway 71 and Minkler Road in Oswego after the pilot reported an engine fire, according to Sugar Grove Fire Chief Marty Kunkle.

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