{"id":1988,"date":"2017-05-11T21:45:35","date_gmt":"2017-05-11T19:45:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/?post_type=b17database&#038;p=1988"},"modified":"2025-05-21T21:33:36","modified_gmt":"2025-05-21T19:33:36","slug":"42-3053-desperate-journey","status":"publish","type":"b17database","link":"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/en\/b17\/42-3053-desperate-journey\/","title":{"rendered":"42-3053 \/ Desperate Journey"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The B-17 #42-3053 <em>Desperate Journey<\/em> flew most of its missions along side the <em><a href=\"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/memphis-belle\/das-flugzeug\/\">Memphis Belle<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>I was Ball Turret Gunner on my first trip with this crew and didn&#8217;t known their names or residences too well. Enemy fighters set our plane in flames. 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