Donald D Proctor
MilitaryINT landed in Switzerland on 25 Feb 45 in b-17 'Dinah Mite' #4339018.
Feb 25 1945 was one of six chaff ships, flying two miles ahead of formation to draw anti-air craft flak. Before take-off and wh
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![The insignia of the 337th Bomb Squadron, 96th Bomb Group.](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/freeman/media-395036.jpg?itok=0BzXUotL)
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
![The insignia of the 96th Bomb Group.](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/freeman/media-395035.jpg?itok=01faXuTd)
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
![A B-17 Flying Fortress (AW-P, serial number 43-39018) of the 337th Bomb Squadron, 96th Bomb Group that has crash landed at Diepoldsau, Switzerland. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'B-17G, 43-39018, at Diepoldsau, Switzerland (near Austrian border), 25/2/1945.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/freeman/media-408591.jpg?itok=AI-jT8PC)
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Dinah Mite
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 337th Bomb Squadron
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![B-17 Flying Fortresses of the 96th Bomb Group at Snetterton Heath. Image via Mark Brown, AFA. Written on slide casing: 'BX dispersals Snetterton.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/freeman/media-387762.jpg?itok=6qmmc7q1)
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Station 138
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Snetterton Falcons pg 218, 232-234 (photo)