An Immediate Inspection
The incident and its inherent mysteriousness were sent through the chain of command, and an investigation began immediately as the commanders had heard everything and thus feared the worst. To make matters even more complicated, the B-17G that seemingly landed itself also didn’t even have a name. How bizarre is that?
Source: tombrickhouse.com
Investigators arrived at the scene and found the plane’s serial number, which allowed the commanders of the 8th Air Force to finally identify the plane as being part of the 91st Bomber Group. The 91 st Bomber Group was a group of B-17Gs that operated out of East Anglia, England. As they discovered, the plane did indeed take off with its crew, but where exactly the crew disappeared to was the head-scratcher…