Thread: What caused the crash of B-24, Serial # : 42-100281, crashed at July 19th 1944 in Black Forest, Germany
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Old 27th July 2025, 13:21
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Re: What caused the crash of B-24, Serial # : 42-100281, crashed at July 19th 1944 in Black Forest, Germany
KU 2508 documents that witnesses state the engines were producing a lot of smoke before the crash, and whether this was due to flak or fighters could not be ascertained due to the state of the wreckage, the aircraft being 99% damaged.
See https://catalog.archives.gov/id/147889794

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