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Re: Mr. O'Connell
From what he told me , they flew in a diamond shaped formation. His b-17 was one plane from the outside. The outside plane was hit very bad, still flying but went down and he did not see anyone get out. He said he thought the crew was killed before the crash. He told me he saw many planes go down but he knew that crew and it bothered him greatly. He told me that you never became friends with other crews because so many were lost so often. He told me they were suppose to be flying in that spot but for some reason that I do not remember ( he did tell me) , they did not. I have a picture of his crew in front of there plane, but he flew with two crews during the war and I am not sure the picture was with the crew he flew with that day. I will try and post it tomorrow .
Thank you for the information. I greatly appreciate it.
Carleton
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