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303rd BG B-17 lost on August 15,1944 to Me262

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8th March 2025, 02:18

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Re: 303rd BG B-17 lost on August 15,1944 to Me262

I believe that one is generally accepted as being 42-31183/BN-J "Bad Penny" of 359th BS, 303rd BG." 2/Lt. Arthur L Gross and 6 others were taken POW, 2 crewmen were murdered on the ground. It's said that the crew had baled out long before Lennartz fired at it

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