An American Pilot’s odd Escape from Nazi France - That Really Happened? #4

Performing air raids on a desperate Germany was no easy feat, and a bomb group undertaking this sort of mission could expect heavy resistance, and therefore heavy casualties. Unfortunately for Lathrop and his squads on their B-17, they were first hit by flak and then targeted by German fighters, forcing them to bail out... What ensued next was one damned interesting escape story.

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Chapters

0:00 Introduction
0:45 Plight of B-17 Bombers
1:03 Lieutenant H. Lathrop’s Plane Crashes
2:07 Lieutenant H. Lathrop in Enemy Territory
3:55 Contacting the French Resistance
4:30 Conclusion