Monday, April 23, 2018

A B-24M of the 448th Bombardment Group, serial number 44-50838, downed by a Messerschmitt Me 262 jet fighter.

Brutal.  I wonder if any of the crew escaped.


3 comments:

  1. Not every story has a happy ending.

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  2. Related:

    Good Read: 8th Air Force Bomber Stories Authors: Ian McLachlan & Russell Zorn.

    ISBN: 1 85260 367 4

    Some pretty descriptive stuff, and lots of photographs.

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    1. +1 on the book.

      B-17 serial number 42-31188. Last four 1188. Eights and Aces. Dead man's hand. The last combat loss of my dad's bomb group, shot down by Me-262.

      http://www.447bg.com/42-31188.htm

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