Excellent work, Bootie. The way you used the MACR and interrogation reports to piece together Kaufman’s B-24 crew—and especially the internal layout and bailout sequence—really stood out. One hell of a story.
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Thanks pal... some amount of work went into the research.
Ooh! TY Boss. Not having done the research you did I was always of the belief that the plane had been struck
by friendly fire (bomb) based upon my cursory review of the available film.
Now I know.
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Very interesting post of war time events, how little we know about so many terrible stories .... Thank you mate
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