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B-17G of the 486th Bomb Group in flames.

Boeing B-17G "Happy Warrior" (43-39163) of the 835th Bomb squadron, 486th Bomb Group was hit by anti-aircraft fire as well as bombs from friendly aircraft during a raid on April 7th 1945. The aircraft went down with #2 and #4 engines in flames and 4 of the crew (Doug Spath, George Lyford, Frank Pikula, Bob Frauenholtz) were Killed in Action while the rest of the crew (Walt Center, Giovanni Cirelli, Albt Harris, Wyatt Kerr, Sam Powell , Bain Fulton) were taken prisoner.

 
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