B-17 Bomber Flies The Skies Above Escambia County

February 16, 2020

Escambia County residents may have seen a B-17 bomber in the skies Saturday.

It was part of the Liberty Foundation’s 2020 Salute to Veterans Tour. The B-17 known as “Ye Olde Pub” was built in 1944 and is newly painted with the markings of the 379th Bomb Group.

We are told the B-17 flew over North Escambia Saturday morning for maintenance checks.

The plane tours the country for flight experiences and was at Pensacola Aviation, 4145 Jerry L Maygarden Road through Sunday afternoon.

NorthEscambia.com photos by Perry Doggrell, click to enlarge.

Comments

8 Responses to “B-17 Bomber Flies The Skies Above Escambia County”

  1. dreamboat annie on February 18th, 2020 9:12 pm

    deBugger : “like”

  2. William Reynolds on February 17th, 2020 11:30 am

    >>William..did you take these pictures?

    The name of the photographer is in the cutline at the bottom of the story. :)

  3. Terri Sanders on February 17th, 2020 10:50 am

    William..did you take these pictures?

  4. deBugger on February 17th, 2020 5:56 am

    vurra k~e~w~l

    “You’ve just become a Heavy Metal Believer!”
    Don Felder, Heavy Metal {Takin’ A Ride}

  5. Barbara Richards on February 16th, 2020 3:09 pm

    We had the privilege of seeing it yesterday! It flew in really low while we were in the parking lot by Little Ceasars on Creighton & 9th. It was AWESOME! HUGE!!!

  6. JTV on February 16th, 2020 10:11 am

    @Gary, God Bless Your Dad.

  7. Gary on February 16th, 2020 9:48 am

    That is awesome. My dad was a Major and bomber pilot throughout WWII and flew these all over France and Germany. Heard many stories of incredible heroism of many pilots and crew who conducted their missions. Too many didn’t make it home.

  8. gmp on February 16th, 2020 4:14 am

    Amazing experience and well worth every penny to fly in this rare piece of flying history.

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