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Richard gray
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Found it. It was.
Date: 06-MAR-1944
Time:
Type: Boeing B-17G-10-BO Flying Fortress
Owner/operator: USAAF, 95.BG, 334.BS
Registration: 42-31299
C/n / msn: 6413
Fatalities: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Airplane damage: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location: Hijken – Netherlands
Phase: Combat
Nature: Military
Departure airport:
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Name “Junior She´s My Gal II”.
Shot down by fighter flown by OFw Scherer of 1/JG11 over Beilen, Holland. All crew bailed out. Pilot evaded capture for 4 months, but all were eventually taken prisoner.
Parts recovered in 1988.