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The MACR does not say who shot them down or even what type of aircraft. There is actually very little about the attack or the damage it caused. They were attacked by a fighter and a 20mm shell hit the top turret and Wiesner, the TT gunner, was hit in the head. He was laid down on the floor of the plane and the crew could clearly see he was dead. Redmond was wearing a seat type parachute, the rest of the crew (at least in the back) had clip on chest chutes. They could not get the rear hatch open and so they went out a window. There is some speculation that Redmond may have had trouble getting out of the window with the type of chute he was wearing, although some crew statements say they saw his cute open. Some crewmen were told by the Germans that he was found unconscious on the ground and died later in a hospital. None of the crew saw Redmond on the ground.