{"id":11069,"date":"2019-03-03T00:01:18","date_gmt":"2019-03-02T23:01:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/?post_type=b17database&#038;p=11069"},"modified":"2026-05-23T07:28:42","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T05:28:42","slug":"43-37859-jeanne","status":"publish","type":"b17database","link":"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/en\/b17\/43-37859-jeanne\/","title":{"rendered":"43-37859 \/ Jeanne"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mid-air-collision with&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/en\/b17\/42-39873-stormy-weather\/\">B-17 #42-39873 &#8216;Stormy Weather&#8217;<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Glanced at formation to me if aircraft had dropped bombs. Saw tail assembly oof aircraft 875 twist sideways off. Aircraft 859 went down in a spin and the other aircraft sort of floated down. Definitely saw tail gunner crawl out of tail section and open chute.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right wp-block-paragraph\"><em>1Lt. Charles W. Byrant<br>Navigator<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Source: MACR 9189<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Note regarding MACR 9189<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This record contains a translated page from German Report J-2464, which was issued for 1Lt. Donald LeRoy Bennett (O-725243). This is a clerical error: the actual co-pilot of aircraft 43-37859 (&#8220;Jeanne&#8221;) was 2Lt. Donald Latulle Bennett (O-687733).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The correct German report corresponding to aircraft 43-37859 is KU-2714. This file correctly includes personal correspondence (letters from home) belonging to Kenneth W. 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