These two articles show what a great job the crew did choosing a field and landing with the gear down. #2 is obviously feathered but it looks like the fire started well aft of the firewall. Maybe in the supercharger area.
Vintage B-17 Flying Fortress crashes with seven people aboard | Mail Online
WWII bomber that made fiery landing in Aurora cornfield had maintenance over weekend - chicagotribune.com
Edit: Apparently the turbos were non-active on that airplane.
Last edited by Dougdrvr; 06-14-2011 at 08:35 AM.