{"id":2038,"date":"2017-05-19T14:00:19","date_gmt":"2017-05-19T12:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/?post_type=b17database&#038;p=2038"},"modified":"2021-12-31T11:44:44","modified_gmt":"2021-12-31T10:44:44","slug":"42-30063-paddlefoot-aka-picklepuss","status":"publish","type":"b17database","link":"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/en\/b17\/42-30063-paddlefoot-aka-picklepuss\/","title":{"rendered":"42-30063 \/ Paddlefoot aka Picklepuss"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Eyewitness Description To Missing Aircraft:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>B-17 #063 was seen to turn back from formation near Frankfurt. Plane was still under control when last seen. Ten chutes were reported to have been seen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Source: MACR 677<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image wp-image-2040 size-full\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"398\" src=\"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/42-30063-2.jpg\" alt=\"Capt Robert Knox (KIA) with #42-30063 Picklepuss at Wendover in May 1943 before coming overseas\" class=\"wp-image-2040\" srcset=\"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/42-30063-2.jpg 500w, https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/42-30063-2-300x239.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption><a href=\"https:\/\/100thbg.com\/index.php?option=com_bombgrp&amp;view=aircraft&amp;id=10211&amp;Itemid=326\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">100thbg.com<\/a> \/\/ Capt Robert Knox (KIA) with #42-30063 Picklepuss at Wendover in May 1943 before coming overseas<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Delivered Cheyenne 5\/4\/43; Kearney 15\/4\/43; Wendover 2\/5\/43; Kearney 22\/5\/43; Dow Fd 29\/5\/43; Assigned 561BS\/388BG Knettishall 2\/6\/43 PADDLEFOOT; transferred 418BS\/100BG [LD-S] Thorpe Abbotts 9\/6\/43; Missing in Action Regensburg 17\/8\/43; Me 110s KO\u2019d one engine then ship lost another before a wing snapped off, crashed Schmalgraf, five miles N of Eupen, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 677. 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