Near Laurel, while practicing formations, two B-17 planes collided in midair and the seventeen men on the wrecked planes perished. One B-17 crashed near Anthon, Iowa, killing the ten flyers aboard. This accident on Sioux City’s Westside was not the only accidental airplane crash to occur during the war in the area during training at the air base. Nine in all.' The plane crashed into two homes and the wreckage was scattered over a few blocks, but luckily no civilians were injured. Found by Mike Chicoine following Sunday PM during removal of wreckage. Sioux City, IA at 9:00 PM Saturday Evening Dec. The inscription on this fragment reads: 'Part of B-17 Flying Fortress which crashed at 220 So.

However, training programs sometimes ended disastrously. Sioux City’s airport was converted to an Army Air Corps base during wartime, and pilots, gunners, and all manner of flyers were trained here. Description: This is a fragment from a B-17 Flying Fortress that was used to train pilots at the Sioux City Air Base during World War II.

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