Home Current News The History of “Nine-O-Nine”, the B-17 Bomber that CrashedNewsCurrent NewsThe History of “Nine-O-Nine”, the B-17 Bomber that CrashedOctober 3, 2019147FacebookTwitterPinterestWhatsApp The bomber involved in Tuesday’s fatal crash in Connecticut never made it to war, but served as a search and rescue plane and water bomber.Source: yahoo.com/news