On Thu, 13 Sep 2018 20:13:48 +0200, DAN <dan@no.spam.thanks> wrote:
>This is B-24H s/n 1942-095379 "Extra Joker", 451st Bombardment Group, 725sq, on
>1944-08-23.
>
>She was attacked by 2 FW-190 during a raid on Vienna AP.
>
>Attached another photo of her taken a few moments earlier, with #1 afire, before
>it propagated to the main tank.
>
>All 10 crew KIA. RIP.
Interesting background on the aircraft. Glad you were able to enlarge
the photo to the point where you could read the tail number.
A lot of very good men died fighting the Nazis in the middle of the
last century.
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