This was my uncle; last Command Pilot for the Lilly
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He was 351st BS Operations Officer and was flying as command pilot on B-17 #42-5864 "Piccadily Lily", which was probably the 100th BG's most famous aircraft. It was hit by enemy flak over Bremen, Germany; and while the pilots were controlling it to allow the crew to bail out, it exploded and killed those remaining in the aircraft.
He was first interred in the post cemetery at Wesermuende, Germany and at some later time moved to the US.