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B-17 Flying Fortress over Italy

Twenty-millimeter shells from Nazi fighter planes ripped out the tail section of this Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress of the 15th Air Force during mission to Wiener Neustadt on 10 May 1944. Italy. Left to right: 2nd Lt. Clyde Bennett, Oakland, Ore., co-pilot 1st Lt. Glenn A. Reynolds, Lincoln, Neb., pilot S/Sgt. Audie O. Swinney, Caldwell, Idaho, armorer-gunner T/Sgt. Herman D. Bess, Pasadena, Calif., engineer-gunner S/Sgt. Robert W. Shinnick, Chicago, Ill., left waist gunner S/Sgt. Curtis L. Snell, Springfield, Mo., ball turret gunner 2nd Lt. John O'Connor, Dorchester, Mass., navigator 2nd Lt. John A. Bodeman, Lemay, Mo., bombardier T/Sgt. Rex J. Berfield, Emporium, Pa., radio operator