Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress crash, Oct 30, 1935 (2 killed)

Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress accident on October 30, 1935 near Dayton-Wright Brothers Memorial Ohio, United States with 2 fatalities.

The Boeing 299 prototype, later the B 17 Flying Fortress, crashed in flames beside the runway after takeoff from Wright Field near Dayton, Ohio, on 30 October 1935. Two people died, Boeing test pilot Leslie Tower and Army test pilot Ployer Peter Hill.

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