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Old 20th January 2011, 14:54
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Re: Help to identify plane crash

Patricia,
I'm not a researcher on USAAF losses WW2 but following info came from my friend Jan Hey, co-author of the book series "Losses of the US 8th and 9th Air Force ETO area NW Europe".

13-9-1944 - B-17G serial 42/97848 coded UX-M - of 92nd Bomb Group - 327th Squadron - nicknamed "Silverwings", lost one engine hit by Flak over the target (Altenburg in Thüringen) and became a 'straggler' (lost from the formation). Homebound again attacked by a Bf 109 and a FW 190 fighter. Gunner B-17 was hit and died within minutes. Escorted by two P-51s over the Ruhr area the pilot was looking for an area in west Belgium for an emergency landing, but as two more engines cut he lost control over the bomber and crashed in a wooded area close to the aerodrome Schaffen near Diest in Belgium. A total of seven of the crew died and were initially buried at Schaffen or on the aerodrome; in 1945 reinterred in the Mil. War Cem. Neuville-en-Condroz near Liège.

Do hope this is the info you were looking for.
Best regards,
Henk.
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