Members of the commemoration committee for the B-17 Flying Fortress hike to Aiguille des Glaciers where parts of the aircraft's wreckage were found by Francis Raout in 1947. The commemoration ceremonies, held Sept. 3 and 4, 2011, in Courmayeur, Italy and Bourg Saint Maurice, France, were for the crew of B-17 #43-39388. The B-17 crew was from the 15th Troop Carrier Squadron which is now the 15th Airlift Squadron at Joint Base Charleston, S.C. The entire eight man crew was lost after their aircraft went down on Aiguille des Glaciers, one of the rugged peaks in the French Alps near Mont Blanc, the highest point in Europe and close to the French-Italian border. (U.S Air Force Photo/Staff Sgt. Angelita M. Lawrence)
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