{"id":12623,"date":"2018-11-02T15:00:06","date_gmt":"2018-11-02T14:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/?post_type=b17database&#038;p=12623"},"modified":"2024-04-06T09:31:08","modified_gmt":"2024-04-06T07:31:08","slug":"43-38868","status":"publish","type":"b17database","link":"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/en\/b17\/43-38868\/","title":{"rendered":"43-38868"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Following statement obtained by S-2 Section, 452nd Bomb Group (H), at interrogation after return of mission:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Aircraft 43-38868 was hit by fighters on the first attack. Several minutes afterwards this straggling plane was again under attack when another ME-109 that was out of control crashed into the B-17 between the left waist and tail, splitting the plane in two.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The aircraft had already been aflame in the nose. The ME-109 crashed into it at 1321 hours, just after the I.P. The plane dove out of formation for about 3,000 feet and blew up.<br>Only 2 chutes were seen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Source: MACR 13888<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Remark to the crew<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>S\/Sgt. Robert W. Pearce, was assigned to <a href=\"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/en\/b17\/44-8634-ida-wanna\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">B-17 44-8634 \/ Ida Wanna<\/a> in MACR 14184. Which is incorrect. He and S\/Sgt. Stephen A. 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