Officials have not said how many people were on board, but the B-17 usually carries a crew of four or five people, while the Kingcobra has a single pilot.
Two historic military planes have collided during an airshow in the US city of Dallas.
The planes - a B-17 Flying Fortress bomber and a P-63 Kingcobra fighter - crashed into each other at around 1.20pm local time. They were part of the Commemorative Air Force Wings Over Dallas show being held about 10 miles from the city centre.Anthony Montoya was among those who saw the two planes collide, telling The Associated Press:"I just stood there."Everybody around was gasping. Everybody was bursting into tears. Everybody was in shock."Victoria Yeager, the widow of famed Air Force test pilot Chuck Yeager and herself a pilot, was also at the show.
The crash will be investigated by the National Transportation Safety Board, with a team expected to arrive later today.Eleven people were killed in 2011 in Reno, Nevada, after a P-51 Mustang crashed into spectators.
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