{"id":13538,"date":"2019-07-20T02:00:36","date_gmt":"2019-07-20T00:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/?post_type=b17database&#038;p=13538"},"modified":"2020-09-13T12:04:48","modified_gmt":"2020-09-13T10:04:48","slug":"43-38233-sweet-and-lovely","status":"publish","type":"b17database","link":"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/en\/b17\/43-38233-sweet-and-lovely\/","title":{"rendered":"43-38233 \/ Sweet and Lovely"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Mid-air-collision with&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/en\/b17\/43-37893-betty-jo\/\">B-17 #43-37893 Betty Jo<\/a>&nbsp;on 24 December 1944.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Eyewitness Statement to the loss of B-17 43-38233 from MACR 11113<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Aircraft 43-38233, flying #4 position in the low section of the 385 &#8220;E&#8221; squadron, failed to return from the operation of 24 December 1944. Prior to reaching the target area, while over enemy territory, aircraft 43-38233 went out of control after apparently being hit by anti-aircraft fire. It left its proper position. Zooming down and then up into the aircraft that was leading the section. The #2 propellor of the lead aircraft struck 43-38233 and cut it in two at the waist section. A\/C 43-38233 then disintegrated and no chutes were observed leaving the wreckage of the aircraft.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Delivered Cheyenne 11\/7\/44; Kearney 19\/7\/44; Dow Fd 1\/8\/44; Assigned: 549BS\/385BG [XA- ] Gt Ashfield 5\/8\/44; MIA Darmstadt 24\/12\/44 Pilot: Larry Vogt, Jim Anding, Vic Hammond, Roy Capwell, Harry Sevick, Dick Rudd, Cliff Canterberry, Bill Johnson (8KIA); Calvin Rhodes (POW); flak, mid air coll w\/43-37893 (385BG); crashed Namur, Belgium. 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