Power Plant
by Jon Burch Photography
Title
Power Plant
Artist
Jon Burch Photography
Medium
Photograph - Digital Capture & Enhancement
Description
Nine-O-Nine was a Boeing B-17G-30-BO Flying Fortress heavy bomber, of the 323rd Bomb Squadron, 91st Bomb Group, that completed 140 combat missions during World War II, believed to be the Eighth Air Force record for most missions, without loss to the crews that flew it.
The original aircraft, a block 30 B-17G manufactured by Boeing, was nicknamed after the last three digits of her serial number: 42-31909. Nine-0-Nine was added to the USAAF inventory on December 15, 1943, and flown overseas on February 5, 1944. After depot modifications, she was delivered to the 91st BG at RAF Bassingbourn, England, on February 24, 1944, as a replacement aircraft, one of the last B-17s received in factory-applied camouflage paint.
UPDATE: Sadly 909 crashed and burned yesterday, October 3, 2019 at an airshow at Bradley International Airport at Windsor Locks, Connecticut. Seven people died. RIP!!!
Image copyright 2019 Jon Burch Photography
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July 18th, 2019
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