Alan Eugene Magee (January 13, 1919 – December 20, 2003) was a United States airman during World War II who survived a 22,000-foot (6,700 m) fall from his damaged B-17 Flying Fortress. …

2015年4月10日 · Ranked among the luckiest people in the world, Alan E. Magee survived a free fall of almost four miles from a B-17 bomber during a raid in WWII. When his bomber came …

2023年9月15日 · The story told about Alan Eugene Magee, born Jan. 13, 1919 in Plainfield, N. J. Magee joined the Army Air Corps in 1941, after Pearl Harbor, and, because he was short and …

2020年3月21日 · 3-Jan-43 Shot down while serving as Ball Turret Gunner on B-17F 41-24620 "Snap! Crackle! Pop!", 303BG/360BS while on a mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at Lorient, …

2021年8月24日 · In the seconds that followed, the unconscious Magee began to fall from a height of some 22,000 feet over the River Loire region in western France. When he eventually …

2024年9月27日 · On January 3, 1943, a group of B-17 Flying Fortresses embarked on a bombing mission targeting a heavily fortified German U-boat base in France. Aboard one of these …

SSgt Alan E. Magee, belly gunner of the B-17 41-24620 "Snap! Crackle! Pop!", took off from Molesworth, Cambridgeshire, UK on a bombing mission over the “Flak City” of St Nazaire. The …

On January 3rd, 1943, in the midst of a bombing raid on German torpedoes stores at St. Nazaire, France, a miracle took place that is remembered 50 plus years after. S/Sgt. Alan Magee, from …

S/Sgt. Alan Magee, from the 360th Sqdn. a gunner in B-17 #41-24620, aptly named Snap! Crackle! Pop! was tossed out of his burning aircraft at 20,000 feet. Unfortunately, he was not …

Alan Eugene Magee was an American airman during World World War II who survived a 22,000-foot fall from his damaged B-17 Flying Fortress. Alan Magee was born in Plainfield, New …