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November 23, 1944, late autumn and terrible weather, during World War II in Cortonburg, Belgium, at an Allied base. Soldiers on the ground watched as 17.5 tons of the bomb fell on them, as they braced themselves for impact. It was an American B-17G bomber, heading for three anti-aircraft gun positions, about to crash directly into them. The bomber's landing gear was down, and the soldiers assumed that the plane had been destroyed or that some of the crew had been injured. The enormous force of the impact sent the bomber plummeting like a stone from the sky, the plane beginning to bounce, causing it to descend, one of its wings hitting the ground, and pieces of its propellers were brutally thrown through the air like asteroids as they spun into the ground. The bomber stopped 30 meters from the gun position. The engines did not stop, they continued to run, and the soldiers held their breath and waited for the crew to get out. After 5 minutes passed and no crew appeared, then 10 and then 15 minutes without any sign of the crew, a British Major named John V. Crisp decided to investigate. Even Crisp was very nervous and cautious in his search, because we are talking, after all, about World War II and many tactics were used by both sides. Major Crisp entered the plane alone and was sure that he would find the crew dead or dying. He found some half-eaten chocolate bars and later said that "evidence of a fairly recent occupation was everywhere." You can support the channel through Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/user?u=923357 REvolut Donations - https://revolut.me/cozma1news Music source https://bit.ly/3nJKRmy Instagram @atentiecadmere For Contact Email [email protected] Click below to subscribe, thank you http://www.youtube.com/c/AtentieCadMe...