Nine-O-Nine was a Boeing B-17G-30-BO Flying Fortress heavy bomber, of the 323rd Bomb Squadron, 91st Bomb Group, that completed 140 combat missions during World War II, believed to be the Eighth Air Force record for most missions, without loss to the crews that flew it.
The rCollings Foundation restored a fire tanker B-17 and painted in the Nine 'o Nine livery. It was lost on October 2nd, 2019 when it crash landed at Bradley International Airport.
Photo by Barrie Canavan