{"id":7440,"date":"2018-06-11T10:00:05","date_gmt":"2018-06-11T08:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/?post_type=b17database&#038;p=7440"},"modified":"2020-07-15T17:51:26","modified_gmt":"2020-07-15T15:51:26","slug":"42-31987-shilaylee-aka-the-little-skipper","status":"publish","type":"b17database","link":"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/en\/b17\/42-31987-shilaylee-aka-the-little-skipper\/","title":{"rendered":"42-31987 \/ Shilaylee aka The Little Skipper"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Mid-air-collision with&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/en\/b17\/43-38457-nine-lives\/\">B-17 #43-38457 &#8216;Nine Lives&#8217;<\/a>&nbsp;on 31 December 1944.&nbsp;Both aircraft were locked together and crashed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Eyewitness Accounts From MACR 11550<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>At 1250 hours, 19000 feet, 2 B-17&#8217;s believed to be A\/C 43-38457 and A\/C 42-31987 pancaked together, circled and crashed, still attached to each other. 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