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File:One of nine B-17s of the 100th Bomb Group missing by the end of the Schweinfurt-Regensburg mission. Damaged, it crash landed near Zurich, Switzerland, where both plane and crew were interned.jpg

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English: One of nine B-17s of the 100th Bomb Group missing by the end of the Schweinfurt-Regensburg mission. Damaged, it crash landed in Dübendorf, Switzerland, where both plane and crew were interned. (B-17 "Battle Queen" of the 390th Bomb Group would crash land at Utzenstorf (canton of Bern, Switzerland), that same day). Its 'Square D' marking is visible. B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30080) nicknamed "High Life" (Image from National Archives)


Pilot: Don Oakes, Co-pilot: Joe Harper, Navigator: Hiram Harris, Bombardier: Lloyd Hammarlund, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: George Elder, Radio Operator: Jim Scott, Ball turret gunner: Les Nadeau, Waist gunner: Vince McGrath, Waist gunner: Nolan Stevens,Tail gunner: Leon Goyer (10INT); enemy aircraft KO’d #3, then #2 lost oil pressure and crash landed Dübendorf, near Zurich, Switzerland, where it was dismantled and taken to Kloten for storage, was eventually scrapped (1st US aircraft interned); Missing Air Crew Report 683.
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Source https://www.americanairmuseum.com/archive/person/donald-k-oakes
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