{"id":1999,"date":"2017-05-14T19:15:40","date_gmt":"2017-05-14T17:15:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/?post_type=b17database&#038;p=1999"},"modified":"2026-06-21T16:41:33","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T14:41:33","slug":"42-3227","status":"publish","type":"b17database","link":"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/en\/b17\/42-3227\/","title":{"rendered":"42-3227"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>From MACR 661<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Following is a statement made by 2nd Lt. Harold R. 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Onl who was pilot of aeroplane No. <a href=\"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/en\/b17\/42-3078-winnsome-winn\/\">42-3078<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The objective of this raid was Schweinfurt, Germany.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\r\n<div class=\"fve-video-wrapper fve-image-embed fve-thumbnail-image youtube\" style=\"padding-bottom:75%;\">\r\n    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KULZVkED8Aw?si=oWP0uEU6Zl3gDddq?wmode=transparent&#038;modestbranding=1&#038;autohide=1&#038;showinfo=0&#038;rel=0\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen><\/iframe>    <\/div>\r\n\r\n\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Delivered Cheyenne 1\/4\/43; Presque Isle 25\/5\/43; Assigned 534BS\/381BG [GD-G] Ridgewell 26\/5\/43. 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