Plane In Deadly CT Crash Was From Massachusetts

BEVERLY, MA —A vintage World War II plane involved in a crash at Bradley International Airport in Connecticut Wednesday morning was owned by a Massachusetts nonprofit. The Stow-based Collings Foundation had been conducting a 100-city "Wings of Freedom Tour," which included displays of the rare bomber and fighter aircraft the nonprofit owns and maintains.

"Our thoughts and prayers are with those who were on that flight and we will be forever grateful to the heroic efforts of the first responders at Bradley," the foundation said in a statement.

Seven people were killed in the crash. There were ten passengers and three crew members on board when the pilot of the plane crashed Wednesday morning while attempting to land.

The tour stopped in Massachusetts last month. The B-17 Flying Fortress that crashed Wednesday was one of five vintage aircraft on display at Beverly Regional Airport on the weekend of Sept. 14-15.

The foundation describes itself as an educational nonprofit that offers living history experiences. The tour arrived in Connecticut on Tuesday and was offering rides in the vintage planes in exchange for donations through Thursday.