467th Bombardment Group (H)
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19 Aug 1944 - Duane C. Heath - Eyewitness Account
Eyewitness Account
It was over the city of Magdeburg that I saw the plane piloted by Lt. Miller, go down. A direct hit by flak was the cause. I was riding the right waist when I saw the plane hit. It broke in two right by the waist windows. The tail end seemed to float up in the air and the front end headed in a dive for the ground. When it started down I could see flame in the rear part where it had broken in two. The front of the plane went down so fast that no one could possibly get out. I followed it down for a while, but I didn't see any chutes so to the best of my knowledge no one in the plane got out
Missions:
#101 -
08/16/1944 -
Magdeburg, Germany
Aircraft:
42-50481
Crews:
013-R1 -
Miller, Gayle Harvey
Units:
788th Bombardment Squadron (H) (2nd Org)
Personnel:
Abell, James Wesley
Boyer, Thomas Albra
Goodman, Donald Ray
Heath, Duane Clair
Heffner, Stephen A
Kay, Glenn Charles
Marshall, James M
Miller, Gayle Harvey
Nordholm, Julius Leonard
Spangler, Richard Bruce
Stewart, Jehu F
