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Re: B17 42 31831 lost April 6 1944 Zagreb
42-31831 from the 463rd BG, 775th BS went down near Zlatar (Croatia) on 6 April 1944 according to German reports. The pilot of the plane was Michael Wistock. There is no Walter H Layne listed on that crew. The crew bailed out over a period of about four minutes or so. One location given as where several (maybe 5) would have landed is 46 03N, 15 54E. A total of eight chutes were seen but it appears the entire crew of 10 survived. The plane was under attack by ME-109s after it left the formation. It is not clear if it was attacked while in formation or something else caused it to leave. The MACR has no crew statements and if they all survived they may not have gotten the post-war forms.
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