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Show Flying Fortresses Ride Out Storm of Fire i Riddled with enemy anti-aircraft and interceptor airplane fire, which knocked out several crew members and partially wrecked the airplanes, two B-17 Flying Fortress bombers were able to return safely to bases in England, according to combat reports from the Eighth air force, the war department announced today. to-day. The Fortresses were part of a formation for-mation participating in the raid against Lille, France, on October 9, 1942, during which unusually heavy fire from anti-aircraft and fighters was encountered. Capt. James J. Griffith Jr., air corps, 112 College avenue, Princeton, Prince-ton, W. Va., commanding one of the bombers, reported that the first i two bursts of flak encountered j struck the right wing flap behind the inboard engine of his plane, tearing i away two square yards of fabric. A third burst smashed a 12-inch j hole in the fuselage. Serving with the coastal command of the Royal British air force, this American-built Flying Fortress hovers protect ingly over a United Nations convoy for Africa with the sinews of war. This is one of the first photographs of a flying Fortress serving in this capacity. |