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B-17 Flying Fortress (H8-S, serial number 43-39163) nicknamed "Happy Warrior" of the 835th Bomb Squadron, 486th Bomb Group in flight with two engines aflame after being hit by flak and friendly bombs from a plane above them, 7 April 1945. The bombing altitude was 15,000'. When the lead aircraft, #846, dropped its bombs, one of the incendiary clusters reportedly broke apart and struck #9163. The aircraft crashed at Parchim, Germany. Doug Spath, George Lyford, Frank Pikula, and Bob Frauenholtz were killed. Pilot Walt Center, Giovanni Cirelli, Albt Harris, Wyatt Kerr, Sam Powell, and Major Bain Fulton (observer) survived and became PoWs.

 

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