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Old 3rd March 2024, 14:29
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Re: B-17 Fortress losses 17 August 1943 in Rosenheim-Wörgl-Brixen area

I wonder if the difficulty in trying to match up a B-17 loss to a plane going down in the Rosenheim area is caused by the fact that the crew bailed out while the plane was some distance away, perhaps near Regensburg. The plane continued to fly on autopilot until it was shot down (without any crew on board) at/near Rosenheim.
Are there any details in the descriptions of the shoot-downs by Terborg or Dotzauer that mention whether they were fired at (or not), for example, during their attacks on the B-17?

I mention this as I was involved in researching (some years ago) a crash in Italy that had occurred in just that way.
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