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Re: B-24 42-50717 lost on 17.Feb.1945
42-50717 'Y' of 785BS 466BG Attlebridge.
No.2 engine fire during assembly for ops.
Some of crew baled out over sea prior to bale-out alarm being sounded and drowned.
Crashed in flames at 0950 hours at Church Farm, Field Dalling, Norfolk, just S of Langham airfield.
10 x 500-lb UXB's in wreckage.
Crashing aircraft careered across a lane through a group of Italian PoWs, killing one and fatally injuring a second.
Burnt out Cat E-2
Salvaged from 20 Feb 1945 by FEMD (Lt Farr)
Hope this helps a little !
BC
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