74th commemorative ceremony of the 6th February 1944 in Wissous
On 6th February 1944, the B-17 bomber “Old Man” of the 447th Bombgroup of the 8th Air Force, as it was coming back from a mission, was heavily hit by the Flak in the Paris area. The pilot and the navigator were killed. Therefore, the co-pilot and the bombardier took over the controls of the…