{"id":5716,"date":"2017-10-03T21:00:08","date_gmt":"2017-10-03T19:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/?post_type=b17database&#038;p=5716"},"modified":"2021-03-31T17:21:57","modified_gmt":"2021-03-31T15:21:57","slug":"42-107065","status":"publish","type":"b17database","link":"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/en\/b17\/42-107065\/","title":{"rendered":"42-107065 \/ Rigor Mortis II"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Eyewitness Statements to the loss of B-17 42-107065 \/ Rigor Mortis II<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I the undersigned was flying in aircraft #533, on mission 17 November 1944, to Brux Czeche. On the way to the target I saw Aircraft 065 falling away from the formation and aircraft smoking. I saw 4 chutes come out of the aircraft on the left, and 4 chutes on the right, coming from the waist of the aircraft. All chutes opened up. 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