{"id":13993,"date":"2019-08-31T02:01:19","date_gmt":"2019-08-31T00:01:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/?post_type=b17database&#038;p=13993"},"modified":"2026-01-15T21:08:30","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T20:08:30","slug":"43-37909","status":"publish","type":"b17database","link":"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/en\/b17\/43-37909\/","title":{"rendered":"43-37909"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Hit by flak and collided with&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/en\/b17\/43-38145\/\">B-17 #43-38145<\/a>&nbsp;on 04 August 1944.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Eye Witness Statements<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Lt. William Dale\u2019s crew saw aircraft 909 get hit by flak and nose over colliding with aircraft 145. Both started down but after falling 2000 feet 145 pulled out. The top turret gunner of 909 seemed to hit the ball turret of 145. After collision, the prop of 145 chewed into the nose of aircraft 909. The left wing of 909 was broken off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>909 was seen to turn over on its back and split s down disappearing into the clouds at about 15000 feet. No chutes were reported seen from 909.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Source: MACR 7711<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Delivered Cheyenne 3\/6\/44; Kearney 16\/6\/44; Grenier 30\/6\/44; Assigned: 832BS\/486BG [3R-B] Sudbury 3\/7\/44; {3m} MIA Hamburg 4\/8\/44 Pilot: Harvey Walthall, Bill Myers, Howard Graham, Ken Faber, Jim Danno, Bill Dold, Bill Lambertus (7KIA); Quentin Ingerson, Kazmer Rechak (2POW); flak &#038; mid air coll, crashed Rotenburg, Germany. 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