{"id":1451,"date":"2017-04-23T10:11:10","date_gmt":"2017-04-23T08:11:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/?post_type=b17database&#038;p=1451"},"modified":"2022-06-12T13:41:55","modified_gmt":"2022-06-12T11:41:55","slug":"42-29636-vanishing-virgin-aka-x-virgin","status":"publish","type":"b17database","link":"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/en\/b17\/42-29636-vanishing-virgin-aka-x-virgin\/","title":{"rendered":"42-29636 \/ Vanishing Virgin aka X-Virgin"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"988\" height=\"747\" src=\"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/42-29636-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/42-29636-1.png 988w, https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/42-29636-1-300x227.png 300w, https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/42-29636-1-768x581.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 988px) 100vw, 988px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"988\" height=\"747\" src=\"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/42-29636-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19801\" srcset=\"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/42-29636-2.png 988w, https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/42-29636-2-300x227.png 300w, https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/42-29636-2-768x581.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 988px) 100vw, 988px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Originally assigned to the 305th BG, 42-29636 bore the name &#8220;The Vanishing Virginian.&#8221; Her original Navigator, Mal Sweet, suggested renaming her &#8220;The Virgin.&#8221; A flak hit on May 14, 1943, above the &#8220;V&#8221; prompted yet another name change, de-flowering the plane and warranting the sobriquet &#8220;X-Virgin.&#8221; Captain David Tyler brought her in to a belly-landing after returning from Schweinfurt on August 17, 1943, and the plane was transferred to the 384th Bomb Group. 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