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About Derrell C Piel
He was the radio operator on B-17 "Piccadilly Lilly" on a bombing run to Bremen, Germany.
Soon after bomb release the Piccadilly Lily was hit by flak near the navigators station and N° 3 engine causing fire. Witnesses indicate the Lily entered a near vertical nose down attitude and exploded with only four chutes observed.
Six crew members were killed, five were taken prisoner.
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Derrell C Piel's Timeline
| 1913 |
October 11, 1913
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Bladen, Webster County, NE, United States
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| 1943 |
October 8, 1943
Age 29
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Germany
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Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial, Margraten, Eijsden-Margraten, Limburg, Netherlands
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