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[Ole B. Bennedsen with "Bonnie Lassie" Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress]
Photograph of pilot Ole B. Bennedsen with "Bonnie Lassie," a Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress aircraft of the 487th Bomb Group, U.S. Army Air Forces, circa 1943-1945. The aircraft was named for Bennedsen's daughter.
[Report about bombing mission incident on March 9, 1945]
Report prepared by Robert K. Mason, pilot with the 850th Bomber Squadron, 490th Bomber Group, United States Army Air Forces, circa 1985. Describes an incident that took place during a bombing mission to Frankfurt, Germany on March 9, 1945. After the wing of Mason's Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress was severely damaged by flak, the crew made an emergency landing at an RAF base in Belgium. Mason notes…