Belgium
Belgium
Posted on Jul 10, 2021
The B-17 that Landed with No One On Board
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On the early morning of November 23, 1944, a Royal Air Force antiaircraft unit stationed in the outskirts of Cortonburg, Belgium, spotted a 35,000-pound B-17 Flying Fortress flying towards them.
As the unscheduled aircraft continued to approach at high speed with its landing gears down, the base's personnel assumed it was an emergency landing.
Prepared for the worst, everyone watched as the B-17 uncontrollably landed in a nearby field. The soldiers waited for the crew to come out, but no one did.
Major John V. Crisp then came on board and found no traces of human presence.
The legend of the Ghost Bomber had begun.
As the unscheduled aircraft continued to approach at high speed with its landing gears down, the base's personnel assumed it was an emergency landing.
Prepared for the worst, everyone watched as the B-17 uncontrollably landed in a nearby field. The soldiers waited for the crew to come out, but no one did.
Major John V. Crisp then came on board and found no traces of human presence.
The legend of the Ghost Bomber had begun.
WWII World War Two
Flying
Belgium
Germany
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel Amazing!
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As emergency crews climb aboard and look around; to their shock and surprise, they find no one inside. The only thing that is found is copies of radio communications and the written pilot’s log. In the log, the pilot wrote that the bomber was severely damaged and the crew was badly injured.
WHAT?!! 'Phantom Ghost Fortress' B-17 That Landed at an ...
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The bomber’s log was lying open on the navigator’s desk and written in the log was these last words – ‘Bad Flak’”. ‘During our search of the fuselage we found parachutes neatly wrapped, about twelve of them, and ready to clip on.
WHAT?!! 'Phantom Ghost Fortress' B-17 That Landed at an ...
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