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We were coming in on the bomb run at Hall, Austria. We had bomb bay doors open, and at bombs away I was watching for flak and planes, when I happened to look towards six o’clock and saw ship No. 706 flying no. six (6) position hit by a bomb and explode in mid-air. I couldn’t see where the tail went, for at that time a Squadron of B-24’s came thru our formation, simultaneously as they passed above us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The ship nosed over and went into a dive earthwards. I saw that it still had bomb bay doors open and the ship was following its first two or three bombs. It went into spin when I last saw it. At that time I was calling the pilot to tell him what had happened to No. 6 ship. I did not see any chutes come out of the plane. The only markings that I saw on the B-24’s was the top-part of the rudder was yellow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

S\/Sgt. Tom J. Hanges
Tail Gunner<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We were going over the target when a formation of B-24’s drifted in just over our second element. When our bombardier called bombs away the 24’s released their bombs at the same time and one of the bombs struck Ship No. 6 (706). The bomb struck the tail and blew it off from the rest of the ship. The ship went straight down. No chutes came out of the ship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

S\/Sgt. Gordon L. Harrison
Tail Gunner<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ship No. 706 of the 817th Squadron was hit over the target, and burst into two pieces, tail and fuselage. The ship went into a spin and crashed north of the target. I watched the ship go down and crash, however, I did not see any chutes open.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cpl. G. A. Tapia
Ball Turret Gunner<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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