Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/B-17 Texas Raiders

B-17 Texas Raiders[edit]

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Reason: Quality photo of a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress photographed in 2019. The B-17 is a World War II heavy bomber. A total of 12,731 aircraft were produced, 45 are currently surviving: [1] and 9 are operational. This photo shows serial number 44-83872, manufactured in 1945 and nicknamed Texas Raiders, in flight in 2019. This aircraft was destroyed recently at the 2022 Dallas airshow mid-air collision.
Articles in which this image appears: Texas Raiders, 2022 Dallas airshow mid-air collision
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Vehicles/Air
Creator: Alan Wilson

Support as nominator – Bammesk (talk) 02:04, 23 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Support High resolution, main image; seems fine. Nythar (💬-🎃) 12:38, 24 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Support --Janke | Talk 14:19, 24 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Support --Wow (talk) 02:59, 26 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Brand new article this month. Too early to assume stability. Charlesjsharp (talk) 11:00, 27 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Support - it's less likely a better image of this plane will emerge given the crash. MER-C 11:44, 27 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Support From memory, I added this image to the article on the crash as it's the best one we have of this aircraft. It clearly depicts the plane and is of a high technical standard. Nick-D (talk) 23:15, 30 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Support -- DreamSparrow ^Chat 19:13, 1 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Douglas B-17G-95-DL Flying Fortress ‘VP-X - L - 483872 - X’ “Texas Raiders” (NL7227C) (50657253887).jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 21:59, 4 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]