WINDSOR LOCKS, Conn.—A pilot with more than 7,000 hours of experience flying a B-17 and his co-pilot were among seven people killed when their bomber crashed and burned at a Connecticut airport, officials said Thursday, Oct. 3.
Pilot Ernest McCauley, 75, of Long Beach, California, had flown for over 20 years with the educational group that owned the World War II-era plane and was also its safety officer, according to the National Transportation Safety Board.
