From Chicago Tribune.

Seven crew members and volunteers walked away without serious injury after a World War II "Flying Fortress" bomber crashed and burned in a cornfield southeast of Aurora Municipal Airport on Monday, June 13, officials say. The B-17, christened the "Liberty Belle," took off from the airport at 9:30 a.m. and made an emergency landing in a cornfield near Highway 71 and Minkler Road in Oswego after the pilot reported an engine fire, according to Sugar Grove Fire Chief Marty Kunkle.

B-17 crash

(WGN-TV / June 13, 2011)

A vintage World War II B-17 bomber crashed and burned in a field southeast of Aurora Municipal Airport. Seven people escaped without injury.

B-17 crash

(Photo courtesy Bob Mudra / June 13, 2011)

Seven crew members and volunteers walked away without serious injury after a World War II "Flying Fortress" bomber crashed and burned in a cornfield southeast of Aurora Municipal Airport this morning, officials say.