{"id":2701,"date":"2017-11-05T10:00:24","date_gmt":"2017-11-05T09:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/?post_type=b17database&#038;p=2701"},"modified":"2025-05-06T13:57:54","modified_gmt":"2025-05-06T11:57:54","slug":"42-97519-spirit-of-billy-mitchell","status":"publish","type":"b17database","link":"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/en\/b17\/42-97519-spirit-of-billy-mitchell\/","title":{"rendered":"42-97519 \/ Spirit of Billy Mitchell"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"811\" src=\"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/42-97519-photo-1024x811.jpg\" alt=\"B-17G 42-97519 \/ Spirit of Billy Mitchell\" class=\"wp-image-17792\" srcset=\"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/42-97519-photo-1024x811.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/42-97519-photo-300x238.jpg 300w, https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/42-97519-photo-768x608.jpg 768w, https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/42-97519-photo.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Unknown crew members<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Eyewitness Statement<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Aircraft believed to be B-17G, 42-97519, was last seen going down apparently out of control in a tight spiral, near Eschwege, Germany, just prior to bombs away. This was shortly after tail attack by enemy aircraft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\"><em>S\/Sgt. Charles A. Shriver, Jr.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Source: MACR 4048<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Delivered Cheyenne 8\/12\/43; Kearney 30\/12\/43; Assigned 401BS\/91BG [LL-A] Bassingbourn 12\/2\/44; Missing in Action 19m Kassel 19\/4\/44 with Sam Evans*, Co-pilot: Dick Thompson*, Bombardier: Tom Harper, Ball turret gunner: Bob Kasch, Waist gunner: Hugh Winfree, Waist gunner: Alf Scelza* (6POW- *wia taken to Melsungen Hospital); Navigator: Harry Levin, Flight engineer\/top turret gunner: Dick Saffell, Radio Operator: Phil Del Torto, Tail gunner: Bob Schupp (4 Killed in Action); hit by many Me 109\u2019s and crashed S of Herlefeld, 18 miles SE of Kassel, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 4048. 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