A World War II-era plane named the "Liberty Belle" crashed this morning in a cornfield near Chicago, Illinois, according to Reuters. The pilot reported the vintage plane known as a "Flying Fortress" had caught fire shortly after it took off from Aurora Municipal Airport, and crashed in Oswego, about 40 miles east of the Windy City. FAA spokeswoman Elizabeth Isham Cory told Reuters all seven people aboard the B-17 survived the crash without injury.
The Liberty Belle was built in 1944 and was registered to the Liberty Foundation, according to the Seattle Post-Intelligencer:
AviationExplorer.com posted video of the airplane in flames on YouTube. Take a look:
http://youtu.be/qePZ4Z36mNQ
