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w s aircraft col l ided w i t h & % & S i n g Airo,mf.t ~ - 1 7 ~ 4 ~ ~ 7 2 8 7 ua<er t h e conmend of 1 s t * John 3. McCorgiek, 0-825668, 602nd Bonb Sq 3, 398th a& Grwtp &.

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Statemeat oonserntng YTaslng Aircraft B17G 45-38697, P i l o t , i e t Lt 3 n - y E Pmall, 0-768€57, 603r5 3omb so_, 3 9 8 a Bomb Grmp Hv on OperiCionai Mission tu Brl in , Gemnny 3 Febraury 1945.

Statement Concerning M i a s i q XircrafT E17G 4s-36697, XI&, 1st '-t Perq E Powell, 0-768657, 603rd 9 m b S q , 5 9 8 t h Bo& e o u ; , F: on $erationti1 3mbing Yission t o Beilfn, ;?many 3 aebrury 1945.

I saw h e h i p t o the rear and left of us a t t r t g o i q r idmays torarc? another ahip l o f t of it. Both ships seemed +o sea and try t o c- t id b i t t i n g but they both aeemed to hit propaah m d the s s p c l o s e r t t o our sk i? s a t dam on t2p of the other ship and i t s props chewed the other ship i n bL0, j u s t above the -st rind-. "be f r o n t sec t ion of *.e a t i p that a ~ s cut i n half went into a spin. s r c t i a n f loa t e2 hnd I saw one w h i t e chute from this tail sacticr. just before it went th-ough t i a1ouc.a. ne other ship d i p p d t o t h e r ight about t h r s c hrrac'zed feet on i f r l e f t w i z g Piter the collisi_m, m3t into P spin under JE and out of my sight .

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TECMiLS R HATE?, 39420878 Sgt, 60- Bo& Sq Trl1 Glme?, 917Q 43-38754

Statement Conoerning Mlsssi., a i rc raf t E 7 G 43-33697, Pflet, 1st Lt Pcrry E Powell, 0-768657, 603rd BaPb SG, 398th B o d Groap ET Gn Operational Mission to Berlin, Germany 3 Fqbruary 1545.

Statement concerning Misring Aircraft B17G 43-38697, P'lot, l o t Lt Perry E Porell , 0-766657, 60Srd B d sq, 398'A Bcub Group Hv UII 0peratiop.l Y?irrim t o BerliD, Gerepny 3 February 1945.

We .Itre fl-g nmber twu 0.7 the lor, lm element of the high squadron South-B.at of W r Wm a t 10444, der; I glanced out the l lndan on my .*et and EPR the two p h e s jpst after tha col i ia l ion . I ?rmnediataly c a l l e d the crew on enterphone cud to ld then to count t h e chutes.

One plnne m s cut or broken in to about t h e bal l t u r r e t . It cmt inued t o break UF in:s -11ar pieces on the way d m . plane, in the col l io2on fy6 (I thfnk; the l e f t Horirontal Stabil i ier torn off. it had spun dorn a way.

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It direntergrated more smiph te ly than the f i r e t r h i p dter

I saw one lrhitr chute open but couid not ident i fy uhiah #!lip it a- from. Tbrse o r four olher n m h r r of o d or- M- tfs on* ahu+a awn.

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Statement conoerrfng d a s i n g circimft B17S 43-38897, P i l o t , 18% :at 9 r r y 9 -11, 0-768667, 603rd Bomb sq, 398th Roldb Group E h on Oper~Yozrpl Misrion t o mrlla, G e m 3 Febmary 1945.

About rm how before d a b s away 3 Pebruery 1945 I kotlced two plmes fkvlng about level up a t seven o'clock. h e plane WaG fly- under the other sup, I Sam t h e u d e r sh ip raise i t s nose In a clim5 such tkt tte p16i1es h i t in mid-air. It seem8 G O me tizt the lower ship brcke hi kalf at t h e b a l l t ' l rret . A8 the tno p2U?t6 w e n t down I saz nc one leave e i t h e r pert. The 0th~- ship nent d o 4 about ane o r t w o thousaz5 f e e t and then bzoke E t about the t e i l wheel. About that

1 no+,ieea one paracbute opening la abcut t h e v i c i n i t y of the teii section.

Cn t he 3rd of Februejr on a combat mission I sa-# tim s h i p s C O l z i d 3 Ln t h e v i c i n i t y of o u r 12.

b. drop?ed A o n formatian seemingly under control.

The time w a s about lC45. mltC*r-*rr ship if 7387-E ;vas s p l i t izlto a t about the r e d i o room.

I em pretty sure that the l e t t e r on the t a i l pws The other sh ip seemed t o bs unaer ,ontrol.

It pessed out of my vim.

AFrom ny obsena t ion I ta tail dropped c-3*

ast OW s u p # 8836-T. I watched I t a8 It

I d i d not see any crew m a b e r ba i l out of e i the r ship.

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Statspsnt Comerring Hssing M r c r r i t B17G 43-38697, P i lo t , 1st L t Perry Polrsll, C-768657, 603rd Bomb Sq, 398th Bomb Grozp on Operational ~ s s i o n t o Berlir, Gewany, 3 February 1945.

A t c o ili de came up i n half

approd.mately one hour before bmbo away i aaw tu0 a i r c r L f t i n mid-air, I t appeared t h a t the lover o f t he two a i r c r a f t under the higher one. a t the b a l l t u r r e t 4 the t a i l section fell be'hind o u r arm

The lower a i r c r a f t w a ~ immediately a u t

The f r o n t of the ?1me r e n t down 1 saw no puachu tes

tail u n t i l no longsr v i s i b i s to me. in a steep dive disappearing through the c l m d r . open frcm this a i r c t p f t .

The high aircraf t f e l l over on i t s l e f t side a f t e r the c o l l i s i o n w i t h the r i g h t half of the horizontal s t a b i l i z e r c u t a n y and the other d.nugod notba. This a i r c r a f t f e l l f o r approxiaately two thousand feet befors it appeared that the p i l o t hadthe ship p a r t i a l l y under control. The tail sec t ion then snabped off a t about the ta t1 *eel and the f r o n t of the ship l en t d m i n a dive. a i r c r a f t . snapped o f f alsoi a i r b r t l o s t t r a c k of it afion the other chute appeared,

I saw one pnzachute open frm this It appeared t o have come from the tail imme5intely d t e r it

I saw what appeared to be a body f a l l i ng tl.ro.gh the

I 1R8 f ly ing a8 lei% waist gunner f o r L t H a l l i n the lead ship of the lor squadron. The accidsni appeared at seven-thirty lvvel .

SSgt, 605rd B&b Sq R i s t -Gunner, B17G 44-8398

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