All four of our engines were still running but all of our flight instruments were shot out. We had no airspeed indicator but since we were returning from the mission in formation, we didn't really need it except for approach and landing. When we arrived over the base, we peeled off, flying the landing pattern in trail formation." Lt Col George Ureke's troubles were far from over. He was a seasoned combat pilot with the 99th Bomb Group based at Tortorella in Italy. The 99th deployed its B-17Fs to North Africa in February 1943 and by October had moved up to Italy, receiving new G-models for all of its four squadrons.
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