{"id":3717,"date":"2017-08-26T16:00:37","date_gmt":"2017-08-26T14:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/?post_type=b17database&#038;p=3717"},"modified":"2024-06-03T19:56:14","modified_gmt":"2024-06-03T17:56:14","slug":"42-30032-sky-queen","status":"publish","type":"b17database","link":"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/en\/b17\/42-30032-sky-queen\/","title":{"rendered":"42-30032 \/ Sky Queen"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>The Missing Air Crew Report number 15165 states the following:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>This Aircraft 42-30032 was flying in the #4 position of the Lead Squadron and was last observed after vicious enemy fighter attack on this Group at 1054 hours, at 53\u00b025\u2019 N &#8211; 06\u00b015\u2019E, 20,000 feet with #3 engine on fire and losing altitude rapidly. Aircraft made a dive probably to extinguish fire and then leveled off at 18,000 feet on a heading of 330 degrees magnetic. Three chutes were observed.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>T\/Sgt. Salvatore J. Perotti stated the following information in the MACR 15165 about Lt. Dietel:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Enemy fighters 20 millimeter fire. Our plane blew up in mid air. Two of us bailed out safely. I was the right waist gunner. 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