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Crew bails out of damaged B-17F Fortress “Patches” at 22,500 feet over Wiener Neustadt, Austria, 10 May 1944. 8 of the crew became POWs and the other 2 were killed. Note 2 right engines feathered

Caption   Crew bails out of damaged B-17F Fortress “Patches” at 22,500 feet over Wiener Neustadt, Austria, 10 May 1944. 8 of the crew became POWs and the other 2 were killed. Note 2 right engines feathered ww2dbase
Source    ww2dbaseUnited States National Archives via D. Sheley
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Photos on Same Day 10 May 1944
Photos at Same Place Wiener Neustadt, Austria
Added By David Stubblebine
Added Date 14 Jan 2013

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Visitor Submitted Comments

1. Anonymous says:
5 Mar 2013 05:35:34 PM

On Feb 18th my uncle died and he was a crew member of the b-17f tail number was229991 patches and was lost in austria on may 10th 1944. After the war he lived in tucson, ariz. I have a 8x10 picture that is 8x10 black and white in flight. I have a wonderfull momento of his service. He was looking down on the norden bomb sight. Harold
2. Anonymous says:
17 Jul 2017 11:27:25 AM

My great grandfather was one of the two that had died in this.

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