Collings Foundation
B-17G Flying Fortress
"Nine-O-Nine"
Firing the #1 port-side engine

The Collings Foundation’s Douglas B-17G Flying Fortress was named "Nine-O-Nine" in honor of the 91st Bomb Group, 322 Squadron plane, which completed 40 missions and 1,129 combat hours without an abort or lost crewman, only suffering considerable flak damage. The original Nine-O-Nine flew 18 bombing runs to Berlin between February 1944 an April 1945, shooting down three German fighter planes during the action. After European hostilities ended, Nine-O-Nine flew back to the United states with 600 patched holes in her fuselage.