
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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Licensing | Public Domain. According to the US National Archives, as of 21 Jul 2010: |
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2. Anonymous says:
17 Jul 2017 11:27:25 AM
My great grandfather was one of the two that had died in this.
17 Jul 2017 11:27:25 AM
My great grandfather was one of the two that had died in this.
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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