{"id":133559,"date":"2022-11-12T16:37:28","date_gmt":"2022-11-12T21:37:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=133559"},"modified":"2022-11-12T16:37:28","modified_gmt":"2022-11-12T21:37:28","slug":"b-17-and-p-63-collide-in-mid-air-over-dallas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=133559","title":{"rendered":"B-17 and P-63 collide in mid-air over Dallas"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mceTemp\"><\/div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_133561\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-133561\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-133561\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Texas_Raiders_B-17_-Wings_Over_Houston_air_show_USA-15Oct2011-300x240.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Texas_Raiders_B-17_-Wings_Over_Houston_air_show_USA-15Oct2011-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Texas_Raiders_B-17_-Wings_Over_Houston_air_show_USA-15Oct2011-416x333.jpg 416w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Texas_Raiders_B-17_-Wings_Over_Houston_air_show_USA-15Oct2011.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-133561\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">B-17G Texas Raiders in 2011<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>During the Wings Over Dallas airshow today, a tragedy has struck. A Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, executing a fly-by, was struck in mid-air by a Bell P-63 Kingcobra. The dramatic video was captured from multiple angles. The Kingcobra disintegrates immediately and the mighty Fort&#8217; is cut in half before crashing. If anyone survived, it would be a miracle to say the least.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"qme\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/peyMeEMA25\">pic.twitter.com\/peyMeEMA25<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u2014 Giancarlo (@GianKaizen) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GianKaizen\/status\/1591521366247112704?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 12, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>and<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fraymond.m.crawford%2Fvideos%2F540118084114304%2F&amp;show_text=0&amp;width=269\" width=\"269\" height=\"476\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>It looks like the B-17 in question was a very late-war B-17G model. Assigned USAAF serial 44-83872 and then Navy BuNo. 77235, spent many years in Navy service as a PB-1W patrol bomber and early AWACS. She was bought in the 60s by the Confederate Air Force, and restored to a wartime B-17G configuration of an ETO bomber of the 8th Air Force. She was named &#8220;Texas Raiders&#8221; in honor of Texan veterans of the war.<\/p>\n<p>I can&#8217;t find which specific P-63 was involved in today&#8217;s wreck, but there were only four airworthy examples as of this morning.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During the Wings Over Dallas airshow today, a tragedy has struck. 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