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Part of the B-17's tail section.
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The tail section of the B-17.
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Friday, June 15, 2012 9:56 am
"I see something," Mitch said, pointing to a glint in the forest maybe 50 yards ahead.
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Chuck Casella, 89, who served as B-17 tail gunner during World War II, disembarks the Liberty Belle, a restored B-17 bomber, after taking his first flight on the military plane since June 20, 1944 at Mather Air Force base on April 11, 2011.
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Chuck Casella, 89, wears a hat declaring his World War II service aboard a B-17 as part of the 379th bomb group. On April 11, 2011, Casella, who was a tail gunner on a B-17, rode the Liberty Belle, a restored B-17, his first flight on the military plane since his final mission on June 20, 1944.
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Tuesday, December 27, 2011 2:34 pm
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A Sugar Grove, Ill., firefighter sprays down the wreckage of a World War II-era B-17 bomber after it burned following an emergency landing in a farm field in Oswego, Ill., Monday, June 13, 2011. The vintage plane had taken off from nearby Aurora Municipal Airport. The Federal Aviation Administration believes the seven people on board the plane escaped uninjured.
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Wednesday, June 15, 2011 12:00 am
Almost two months to the day after I took a flight in the
Liberty Belle, a restored B-17 bomber from World War II, the plane
caught fire and crashed in a cornfield near Oswego, Ill.
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Thursday, April 14, 2011 7:19 am
Katie Westerterp raced her way to three victories for the Lodi
Flames, but Lodi came up just short after being swept in field
events against the Bear Creek Bruins, losing 72-64 in San Joaquin
Athletic Association action in Stockton on Wednesday.
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The Liberty Belle, a restored World War II plane, took to the skies above Mather Air Force Base on Monday, April 11, 2011.
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The Liberty Belle is a restored World War II bomber.
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Chuck Casella, 89, looks through the window of the tail gunner turret of the Liberty Belle, a restored B-17, at Mather Air Force Base on Monday, April 11, 2011. Casella flew 31 missions as a B-17 tail gunner during World War II.
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Chuck Casella, 89, holds up a photo of himself and his B-17 bomber crew with “Cigars and scotch” noted on the back on Monday, April 11, 2011. "That was the first time I can remember being drunk," Casella said about the celebration after learning they had completed their final mission.
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Dozens of signatures from veterans who served on B-17 planes during World War II are written on the door panel of the Liberty Belle, a restored B-17.
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The last time Chuck Casella was inside a B-17, he was firing .50-caliber bullets from the rear of the plane during World War II. On Monday, the 89-year-old was back in a B-17.
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Folsom Lake seen from the bombardier’s position in the nose of the Liberty Belle, a restored B-17, on Monday, April 11, 2011.
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Russell Menke, left, of Sacramento, who served as a B-17 pilot, talks to Chuck Casella, of Lodi, who served as a B-17 tail gunner, at Mather Air Force Base on Monday, April 11, 2011. Both men visited the base to see the Liberty Belle, a restored B-17.
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Chuck Casella, 89, wears a hat declaring his World War II service aboard a B-17 as part of the 379th bomb group. On Monday, April 11, 2011, Casella, who was a tail gunner on a B-17, rode the Liberty Belle, a restored B-17, his first flight on the military plane since his final mission on June 20, 1944.
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Chuck Casella, 89, points at medals he was awarded when he served as a B-17 tail gunner during World War II. Casella flew 31 missions during the war, his final five on D-day and the following two days.
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Chuck Casella, 89, points at medals he was awarded when he served as a B-17 tail gunner during World War II. Casella flew 31 missions during the war, his final five on D-day and the following two days.
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Chuck Casella, 89, admires the Liberty Belle, a restored B-17, at Mather Air Force base on Monday, April 11, 2011. Casella served as a B-17 tail gunner during World War II.
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Chuck Casella, 89, who served as B-17 tail gunner during World War II, disembarks the Liberty Belle, a restored B-17 bomber, after taking his first flight on the military plane since June 20, 1944, at Mather Air Force base on Monday, April 11, 2011.
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Chuck Casella, 89, a World War II veteran, climbs aboard the Liberty Belle, a restored B-17 plane, for a flight at Mather Air Force Base on Monday, April 11, 2011. Casella served as a B-17 tail gunner during the war.
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Folsom Lake is seen from the bombardier
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The Liberty Belle took to the skies Monday. (Dan Evans/News-Sentinel)