UPL 55332
IMAGE42-97265 "hell's angel" after 10/11/1944 friendly bombing accident. "Just off the bomb-run, a PFF operation against Cologne, three 110-pound bombs which had jammed in a Fort flying above "Hell's Angels", fell clear and struck the latter bomber. Two tore off the plexi-glass nose and fell clear, but the third, entering the nose compartment between the astrodome and the windshield, hit (1st) Lt (Leroy) Drummond on the head, killing him instantly. This bomb remained jammed in the floor of the nose compartment for about 45 minutes before it could be dislodged and dropped out the forward escape hatch." - 535th BS War Diary, 10/11/44
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Units
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Hell's Angel
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
Mission
- Date: 10 November 1944