{"id":11450,"date":"2018-12-31T12:00:52","date_gmt":"2018-12-31T11:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/?post_type=b17database&#038;p=11450"},"modified":"2025-11-11T10:31:00","modified_gmt":"2025-11-11T09:31:00","slug":"42-97238-our-captain","status":"publish","type":"b17database","link":"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/en\/b17\/42-97238-our-captain\/","title":{"rendered":"42-97238 \/ Our Captain"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"808\" src=\"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/42-97238-Martyniak-Crew-1024x808.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20679\" srcset=\"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/42-97238-Martyniak-Crew-1024x808.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/42-97238-Martyniak-Crew-300x237.jpg 300w, https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/42-97238-Martyniak-Crew-768x606.jpg 768w, https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/42-97238-Martyniak-Crew-1536x1211.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/42-97238-Martyniak-Crew-2048x1615.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Lt. 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