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Bacta-th-Sack
B-17F-75-DL (B17G configuration) 42-3540

381st Bomb Group, 535th Bomb Squadron

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Bacta-th-Sack

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The Flight Of Eagles
Missing in action on mission to strike Leverkusen in Germany on 1st December 1943 with 2Lt Warren Hess's crew. The aircraft lost one engine prior to reaching the IP and was then attacked by Luftwaffe fighters which caused fatal damage.

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