German troops surround and examine crash landed B-17G, on March 24, 1944. While on a mission over Germany another B-17, ahead and in front of Donald and crew, was hit and, as it went down, it took off the nose of #42-31490 besides taking out two engines.Donald and the pilot nursed her back as far as France before the gaping hole in the front of the plane finally brought their B-17G down.
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