A Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress of the 8th Air Force over on its back out of control following damage done to the tail by flak. Other fortresses continue on to bomb Merseberg, Germany's synthetic oil plant-2 Nov 44.

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A Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress of the 8th Air Force over on its back out of control following damage done to the tail by flak. Other fortresses continue on to bomb Merseberg, Germany's synthetic oil plant-2 Nov 44.

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