{"id":2518,"date":"2017-08-11T12:00:29","date_gmt":"2017-08-11T10:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/?post_type=b17database&#038;p=2518"},"modified":"2020-09-19T16:37:51","modified_gmt":"2020-09-19T14:37:51","slug":"42-40000-quad-zero-aka-just-nothing","status":"publish","type":"b17database","link":"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/en\/b17\/42-40000-quad-zero-aka-just-nothing\/","title":{"rendered":"42-40000 \/ Quad Zero aka Just Nothing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"812\" src=\"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/42-40000-crew-photo-1024x812.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17858\" srcset=\"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/42-40000-crew-photo-1024x812.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/42-40000-crew-photo-300x238.jpg 300w, https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/42-40000-crew-photo-768x609.jpg 768w, https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/42-40000-crew-photo.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>1LT Edwin F. Close &amp; crew on 12 February 1944<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Eyewitness Statements from MACR 4259<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Aircraft B-17G, 42-40000, was hit by flak, which caused fire in vicinity of No. 3 engine. Aircraft exploded shortly thereafter at about 15000 feet. Observer count ten (10) parachutes, also saw two (2) objects, one of which could have been a body.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\"><em>S\/Sgt. Charles A. 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