Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress crash, Feb 9, 1945 (18 killed)

Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress accident on February 9, 1945 near Eisenberg Thuringia, Germany with 18 fatalities.

A USAAF Boeing B 17 Flying Fortress collided in flight with a second B 17 while approaching Eisenberg, Thuringia, on 9 February 1945 on a mission to bomb an oil refinery. It crashed in the city, killing eight crew and ten people on the ground. One crew member survived.

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