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A Gaping Hole in the Right Wing, Made by Enemy Anti-aircraft Fire

1944-09-12

A gaping hole in the right wing, made by enemy anti-aircraft fire, fails to stop this Slugging Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress of the 15th Air Force. Had the shell hit a few inches forward it would have exploded the main wing tank. The incident occurred over the Lechfield Airdrome, near Augsburg, Germany, attacked by the "Forts" on September 12, 1944. ITALY.

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