{"id":4525,"date":"2017-10-21T22:00:11","date_gmt":"2017-10-21T20:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/?post_type=b17database&#038;p=4525"},"modified":"2023-09-04T13:57:59","modified_gmt":"2023-09-04T11:57:59","slug":"43-37987-mean-widdle-kid","status":"publish","type":"b17database","link":"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/en\/b17\/43-37987-mean-widdle-kid\/","title":{"rendered":"43-37987 \/ Mean Widdle Kid"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Aircraft 987 was hit by flak and then circled out of the formation to the left, passed over the formation and then began to lose altitude. Number 2 engine was windmilling. It leveled off, with no sign of fire. One crew reported seeing the left wing break off and an explosion causing the aircraft to lose control.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Source: MACR 13883<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.487thbg.org\/Photos\/BrownCrew003.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"567\" src=\"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/43-37987-BrownCrew003.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20084\" srcset=\"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/43-37987-BrownCrew003.jpg 723w, https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/43-37987-BrownCrew003-300x235.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Standing L to R: S\/Sgt Leon C. Wiggins (waist gunner), 1st Lt Art Stofko (copilot), 2nd Lt Peter J. Brown (pilot), 1st Lt Roy E. Wickerham (bombardier\/navigator)<br>Kneeling L to R: S\/Sgt John Smith (nose gunner), S\/Sgt Amos L. Garrett (flight engineer), Sgt Frank A. Wosnick (tail gunner), Sgt Frank A. Cummings (Radio Operator), S\/Sgt Richard O. Mason (ball gunner)<br>Photo via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.487thbg.org\/Photos\/BrownCrew003.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">http:\/\/www.487thbg.org\/Photos\/BrownCrew003.shtml<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Delivered Cheyenne 13\/6\/44; Kearney 25\/6\/44; Dow Fd 10\/7\/44; Assigned 838BS\/487BG [R5-J] Lavenham 15\/7\/44; Missing in Action Brandenburg 7\/4\/45 with Dick Althouse, Doug Coubram, Tom Eugene,Bill Bressler, Norman Garrison, Harry Gustine, Aaron Coon {tg}, Lincoln Hudson {obs) (8 Prisoner of War); Clyde Oliver, Willis Peake (2 Killed in Action); flak, crashed Havelberg, Ger. 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