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1944年11月26日,一架B-17轰炸机在离地面大约5英里的上空起火了。此时,21岁的飞行机械师奎拉·里德身着紧身的飞行服,一手拿着手提式氧气袋,另一手拿着扳手,离开顶端的炮塔,沿着炸弹舱上面狭窄的人行过道向机尾走去。他用扳手使劲撬开炸弹舱,把舱里大约3吨炸弹撒了出去。里德在狭窄的机舱里又向前走,看到一个被德国战斗机的火炮打穿的洞。由于内部通讯系统已被破坏,飞行员乔尼只能希望他的战友能在未听到命令的情况下跳伞求生。里德、副驾驶员、投弹手和领航员相继从窗口跳了出去。当里德往下落的时侯,他看到那架“西雅图睡眠者”在空中爆炸了。“西雅图睡眠者”是美军第八空军联队的王牌飞
On November 26, 1944, a B-17 bomber caught fire over about 5 miles from the ground. At that moment, 21-year-old flight mechanic, Aquila Reid, in tight-fitting flight suit with a hand-held oxygen bag in one hand and a wrench in the other, left the turret at the top and walked narrowly above the bomblets Tail walked. He wrenched the bomb bay with a wrench and dumped about three tons of the bomb out of the cabin. Reid went further in the narrow cabin and saw a hole punctured by artillery from German fighters. As a result of the destruction of the intercom system, pilot Jonny could only hope his comrades could parachute to life without hearing the order. Reed, co-pilot, bombardier and navigator jumped out of the window. When Reed was falling, he saw the Seattle Sleeper explode in the air. Seattle Sleeper is the ace fly for the Eighth Air Forces