Thread: Somethin' Different....

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There were several planes with this name:

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• Also, there was a B17-G from the 37th Bomber Squadron / 301st BG, Lucera, Italy, 1944. The airplane lost altitude with one engine out and two on reduced power. The aircraft was set on autopilot, and the crew bailed out over Poland near Krakow. The Russians thought they were German paratroopers, but the pilot spoke polish and got them released they made their own way to Odessa. The caught a freighter and made their way back to their unit, thinking the plane lost. However, the plane flew on for several hours and belly-landed near Ostrow.
• Miss Behavin' B-24 S/N 42-52086 (717 BS / 449 BG) was lost over Steyr, Austria on 02 APR 1944 in a three plane collision over the target. 9 KIA, 1 POW. The other two planes were SUPERSTITIOUS AL-O-YSIUS and PEERLESS CLIPPER. The story is that the only survivor, S/SGT Mark Scheider fell 20,000 feet without a chute, crashed through some trees, landed in a snowbank and survived as a POW. ALthough this happened a couple of times in WWII, I cannot verify that S/SGT Mark Scheider's story is true.