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Photo ID: 1605877
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NL93012 / 231909/OR-R/A (cn 32216) Blast from the Past!! Collings Foundation's Flying Fortress over the numbers for Runway 22 with some complementing autumn foliage in the background |
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Photo ID: 1588248
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Photo ID: 1582855
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NL93012 (cn 32216) This B-17 is getting fired up for another round of Flight Experience trips around Connecticut. Collings Foundation 2009 Wings of Freedom tour. |
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Photo ID: 1582854
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NX224J (cn 1347) Outbound for a Runway 36 departure with a group of lucky folks on a Flight Experience. 2009 Collings Foundation Wings of Freedom tour. |
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Photo ID: 1574437
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NL93012 / 231909/OR-R/A (cn 32216) I've been guilty of taking such a sight of WWII aircraft for granted. Collings Foundation crewmembers are at work early to prepare for the day's activity. |
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Photo ID: 1543828
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Photo ID: 1543827
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Photo ID: 1530513
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Photo ID: 1514667
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Photo ID: 1514431
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NX224J (cn 1347) This B-24 was built by the Consolidated Aircraft Company in Fort Worth, TX in 1944 and delivered to the USAAF as “44-44052”. The B-24 was transferred to the Royal Air Force and the saw combat in the Pacific. After WWII the aircraft was abandoned by the RAF, but later flew with the Indian Air Force. After being stored in India and later the UK, the aircraft returned to the US in 1984 and was restored to flying condition. In 2005 the aircraft was repainted and named “Witchcraft“. (Canon 40D + 100-400 L IS) |
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Photo ID: 1514430
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NL93012 / 231909/OR-R/A (cn 32216) This B-17 was built by the Douglas Aircraft Company in Long Beach, CA in 1945 and delivered to the USAAF as “44-83575”, but was to late to see combat in WWII. In 1952 the B-17 was subjected to 3 nuclear explosions in Nevada. After a 13 year “cool down” period the B-17 was sold as scrap, but was later restored to flying condition. After being used as a water bomber for 20 years the aircraft was sold to the Collings Foundation and the B-17 was restored to its WWII configuration. (Canon 40D + 100-400 L IS) |
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Photo ID: 1514429
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NL93012 / 231909/OR-R/A (cn 32216) This B-17 is named “Nine-O-Nine” in honor of a 91st Bomb Group, 323rd Squadron plane of the same name. The original “Nine-O-Nine” was built in 1943 for the USAAF as “42-31909 “. She was flown to England in February 1944 and based at RAF Bassingbourn. She completed 140 missions without an abort or loss of a crewman. (Canon 40D + 17-55 IS) |
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Photo ID: 1510361
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Photo ID: 1507478
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Photo ID: 1506462
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