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Watch: Two vintage World World II planes collide in mid-air during Dallas air show

By Sam Cabral

BBC News

Decades of aviation experience bind together the six men killed in a tragic mid-air collision between two vintage aircraft in Texas this weekend.

The Commemorative Air Force non-profit named the victims as Terry Barker, Leonard Root, Curtis Rowe, Craig Hutain, Dan Ragan and Kevin Michels.

All six men were aboard the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress and Bell P-63 Kingcobra that struck each other and exploded.

Federal and local investigators are probing the cause of the incident.

The B-17 and P-63 were part of flying demonstrations on Saturday as part of Wings Over Dallas, a Veteran's Day weekend event billed as "America's Premier World War II Airshow".

No one on the ground in the Dallas Executive Airport area was injured or killed, but show organisers cancelled the final day of activities on Sunday as a show of respect for the affected families.