Entered the service from New York.
The plane received direct flak hit to the no.4 engine at 14:25 in the vicinity of Leipzig, Germany. The right wing immediately caught fire. The B-17 slid under the formation, the right wing came off, it rolled over on its back and the tail came off at the rear entrance door. The plane crashed. Six crew members were killed and were buried at the cemetery of Beucha on 31 May 1944.
The plane received direct flak hit to the no.4 engine at 14:25 in the vicinity of Leipzig, Germany. The right wing immediately caught fire. The B-17 slid under the formation, the right wing came off, it rolled over on its back and the tail came off at the rear entrance door. The plane crashed. Six crew members were killed and were buried at the cemetery of Beucha on 31 May 1944.
Entered the service from New York.
The plane received direct flak hit to the no.4 engine at 14:25 in the vicinity of Leipzig, Germany. The right wing immediately caught fire. The B-17 slid under the formation, the right wing came off, it rolled over on its back and the tail came off at the rear entrance door. The plane crashed. Six crew members were killed and were buried at the cemetery of Beucha on 31 May 1944.
The plane received direct flak hit to the no.4 engine at 14:25 in the vicinity of Leipzig, Germany. The right wing immediately caught fire. The B-17 slid under the formation, the right wing came off, it rolled over on its back and the tail came off at the rear entrance door. The plane crashed. Six crew members were killed and were buried at the cemetery of Beucha on 31 May 1944.
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2 LT 358 BOMB SQ 303 BOMB GP (H)
NEW YORK MAY 28 1944
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