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Fall in on the number 4 ship in the formation.&#8221; A\/C 207 was last seen heading for the coast at Cuxhaven under control but steadily losing altitude. <a href=\"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/en\/b17\/42-97114-borrowed-time\/\">B-17 #114<\/a> of the low squadron in the same group also had to leave its formation and reports flying off the wing of A\/C 207 for a few minutes. But A\/C 207 opened its bomb away doors and headed for Cuxhaven as though making a bomb run on the city. A\/C 114 then lost A\/C 207 from view. 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