Vintage plane crashes

The fatal crash in Connecticut of a World War II B-17 bomber on Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2019, was the latest in a long list of fatal crashes involving vintage planes used or designed for military purposes.

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Fri., Oct. 4, 2019

This image taken from video provided by National Transportation Safety Board shows damage from a World War II-era B-17 bomber plane that crashed Wednesday at Bradley International Airport, Thursday, Oct. 3, 2019 in Windsor Locks, Conn. The plane crashed and burned after experiencing mechanical trouble on takeoff Wednesday morning from Bradley International Airport.

Ntsb Associated Press
This image taken from video provided by National Transportation Safety Board shows damage from a World War II-era B-17 bomber that crashed October 13, 2019, at Bradley International Airport ,in Windsor Locks, Conn. The plane went down after experiencing mechanical trouble on takeoff from Bradley.

Ntsb Associated Press
In this Nov. 17, 2018, photo, firefighters and investigators look over a vintage World War II P-51D Mustang aircraft after a deadly crash in Fredericksburg, Texas. The fatal crash in Connecticut of a World War II B-17 bomber on Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2019, was the latest in a long list of fatal crashes involving vintage planes used or designed for military purposes.

Billy Calzada The San Antonio Express-News
In this Aug. 29, 1987 photo, workers use a cane to lift a World War II-era B-17 plane from its crash site at the Beaver County Airport, in Beaver County, Pa. The same four-engine, propeller-driven B-17 bomber plane with more than a dozen people aboard crashed and burned at the Hartford County Bradley International Airport in Windsor Locks, Conn., after encountering mechanical trouble on takeoff Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2019, killing multiple people.

Susie Post Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
In this Aug. 24, 1987 photo, Civil Air Patrol members guard a B-17 plane that crashed after an air show until investigators arrive at the Beaver County Airport in Beaver County, Pa. The same World War II-era plane with more than a dozen people aboard crashed and burned at Bradley International Airport after encountering mechanical trouble on takeoff Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2019, killing multiple people.

David Spencer Pittsburgh Post-Gazette