Oswego, Ill. — A vintage World War II-era bomber crash-landed and burned in a field near Chicago on Monday, but the seven people aboard escaped without injury, according to aviation officials. The plane, a B-17 Flying Fortress, took off at 9:30 a.m. and went down about three or four miles from Aurora, Ill., about 20 minutes later, according to Elizabeth Isham Cory, a spokeswoman for the Federal Aviation Administration.
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Burbank — The Liberty Belle at Bob Hope Airport, ready to take to the skies over L.A. with members of the media on March 22.
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Burbank — Nose art of the Liberty Belle, a restored WWII-era Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress bomber.
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Burbank — Crew chief David Miller works with a propeller of the Liberty Belle, a restored World War II-era bomber at Bob Hope Airport in March.
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Long Beach — The Liberty Foundation's B-17 "Liberty Belle" makes a stop at Long Beach Airport where it offered flights at $430 per person in March 2010.
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Long Beach — World War II veteran Art Sherman looks at the door with the signatures of past B-17 crew members, including his, on the B-17 Liberty Belle at Long Beach Airport in March 2010.
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Burbank — The bomb bay of the Liberty Belle, a restored World War II B-17.
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Burbank — The Norden bomb sight in the nose of the Liberty Belle.
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Burbank — The Liberty Belle takes off from Bob Hope Airport in March.
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Long Beach — The Liberty Belle lands at Long Beach Airport in March 2010.
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