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At the time the ship was last seen, no chutes had been seen to emerge from the aircraft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2Lt. Harry Weissman shot and killed by SS soldiers.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lt. Weissman&#8217;s fate based on supposition that he was shot by Germans for refusing to give military information. Germans singled Lt. Weissman out because of his race.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Other crew members stated in their report that Lt. Weiss landed safely with his parachute. About 5 hours after capture, Lt. Weissman was selected by three SS soldiers and taken outside about 100 yards. A few minutes later two shots were heard and since then Lt. 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