{"id":5289,"date":"2017-12-10T00:00:39","date_gmt":"2017-12-09T23:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/?post_type=b17database&#038;p=5289"},"modified":"2021-12-19T12:06:35","modified_gmt":"2021-12-19T11:06:35","slug":"42-5178-the-old-stand-by","status":"publish","type":"b17database","link":"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/en\/b17\/42-5178-the-old-stand-by\/","title":{"rendered":"42-5178 \/ The Old Stand By"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>At 1245 hours, 12200 feet at 5453N 1000E, A\/C 42-5178 from this Group was seen going down in a spin. 3 chutes were reported. The crew reported that two men didn&#8217;t seen to be wearing chutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This was reported by Major Donald A. Sheeler<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Source: MACR 898<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"778\" src=\"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/42-5178-photo-2-1024x778.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19531\" srcset=\"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/42-5178-photo-2-1024x778.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/42-5178-photo-2-300x228.jpg 300w, https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/42-5178-photo-2-768x584.jpg 768w, https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/42-5178-photo-2.jpg 1176w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"774\" src=\"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/42-5178-photo-3-1024x774.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19532\" srcset=\"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/42-5178-photo-3-1024x774.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/42-5178-photo-3-300x227.jpg 300w, https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/42-5178-photo-3-768x581.jpg 768w, https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/42-5178-photo-3.jpg 1299w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"729\" src=\"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/42-5178-photo-4-1024x729.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/42-5178-photo-4-1024x729.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/42-5178-photo-4-300x213.jpg 300w, https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/42-5178-photo-4-768x546.jpg 768w, https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/42-5178-photo-4-1536x1093.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/42-5178-photo-4-2048x1457.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>B-17F #42-5178 on its first mission using the new external bomb racks. 16 September 1943.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Delivered Denver 6\/10\/42; New Castle 19\/10\/42; Assigned 303BG Molesworth 21\/12\/42; transferred 322BS\/91BG [LG-L] Bassingbourn 11\/1\/43; Missing in Action on its 15th mission, to Anklam, Germany on 9 October 1943. 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