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[Serviceman with damaged Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress] (Item)

Photograph of an unidentified serviceman standing under the damaged wing of a Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress aircraft at Typhoon Base, Wevelgem, Belgium, March 9, 1945. The aircraft belongs to the 850th Bomber Squadron, 490th Bomber Group, United States Army Air Forces.

[Report about bombing mission incident on March 9, 1945] (Item)

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…