{"id":16656,"date":"2019-12-29T02:00:02","date_gmt":"2019-12-29T01:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/?post_type=b17database&#038;p=16656"},"modified":"2025-05-20T09:02:48","modified_gmt":"2025-05-20T07:02:48","slug":"43-38150","status":"publish","type":"b17database","link":"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/en\/b17\/43-38150\/","title":{"rendered":"43-38150"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>The following is eyewitness account of 2nd Lt. Gerald H. Leland:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At approximately eight (8) minutes after target, 11:47, 25200 feet, I saw a B-17 from this Group continue towards Russia. Could not see any sign of trouble.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\"><em>Gerald H. Leland<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"859\" src=\"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/43-38150-1024x859.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20558\" srcset=\"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/43-38150-1024x859.webp 1024w, https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/43-38150-300x252.webp 300w, https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/43-38150-768x644.webp 768w, https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/43-38150.webp 1260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Inscription on verso: &#8220;B-17 &#8211; WWII. 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