B-17 G Flying Fortress
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The
American bomber B-17 G "Her Did" with serial number
42-31033 was part of US Air Force 100th Bomb Group. Under
a bombing raid 14. February 1944 she was hit by a German
Messerschmidt ME109 airplane. Baron who was stationed in
Foggia in Italy, decided to fly to nearby Corsica after
several of her engines had been knocked out, and make an
emergency landing there. Unfortunately the landing strip
was to short for heavy airplanes like this, and they had
to land on the ocean instead. The wreck rest today on a
depth of 25 meter, about two hundred meters from shore,
north of the citadel in the old town of Calvi. Also see
the B 17G
Flying Fortress wreck in Croatia.
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| 42° 34′ 19.41″ N, 8° 45′ 46.08″ E  Picture: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress Wikipedia, Public domain |
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