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Damn Yankee B-17F-25-BO 41-24557384th Bomb Group, 545th Bomb Squadron | | 
| Missing in action on 1st December 1943 on a mission to Leverkusen. Enemy fighter caused serious damage to the aircraft's rear section. Five crew men bailed out before the B17 suddenly nosed dived into the ground near Snellegem, southwest of Bruges, Belgium. Pilot 2Lt Bruce Sundlun evaded capture and his story can be found in "The Flight of Eagles".
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© Ray Bowden 14 December 2019
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