{"id":1400,"date":"2017-05-09T10:00:23","date_gmt":"2017-05-09T08:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/?post_type=b17database&p=1400"},"modified":"2023-05-29T14:04:04","modified_gmt":"2023-05-29T12:04:04","slug":"42-38183-the-lost-angel","status":"publish","type":"b17database","link":"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/en\/b17\/42-38183-the-lost-angel\/","title":{"rendered":"42-38183 \/ The Lost Angel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

On 10 April 1944 #42-38183 “The Lost Angel” was being flown on a practice flight by the Commanding Officer of the 525th BS, Lt. Col. Marcus W. Elliott. On return to Station 117 it was discovered one of the main landing wheels could not be lowered and so Lt. Col. Elliott brought the aircraft in for a text book belly landing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"#42-38183
www.fold3.com<\/a> \/\/ B-17 #42-38183 The Lost Angel<\/em> Belly landing. 10 April 1944.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The aircraft attracted many visitors immediately after the spectacular landing. Repairs took over one month and #42-38183 resumed operational flying on 19 May 1944. In all this plane flew 111 sorties before being declared War Weary. Later transferred to 384th BG at Grafton Underwood. The Lost Angel remained in Europe after VE-Day and was scrapped at Burtonwood, Lancashire in October 1945.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Thanks to Melissa Rung-Blue for the detailed and additional information.
Daughter, James E. Rung, Navigator, 379th Bomb Group, 524th Squadron
Kimbolton, England July 1944 – December 1944
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