The foundation said the crash was the result of a “mechanical malfunction” but didn’t go into any more detail. It had been, according to the foundation, getting set to fly back to New York when the accident occurred. It was shipped back to California recently. Along with 14 other aircraft, Old Glory had flown in The Peace Aerial Parade for the 75 th commemoration of the end of WWII. The B-25 is based in Albany, New York, and is operated by the Prescott Foundation. The plane was restored extensively in an eight-year project, and it has flown in airshows around the country since then. Unfortunately, it hit a drainage ditch in the process, doing very substantial damage to the aircraft, including tearing the starboard engine completely off of the wing.
The plane crashed in Stockton, California, apparently after the crew was forced to put it down in a field. Two of the three crewmembers suffered what authorities called “non-life threatening injuries,” and only one remained hospitalized overnight. The B-25 flying as Old Glory crashed in California on Friday shortly after it had returned from an Armistice celebration in Hawaii.
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