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The aircraft took part in what was meant to be an attack on the German battleship "Admiral Scheer", which was near or around the harbour in Oslo, on the 8th of september 1941. The crew in AN-525 was headed for this target when they were attacked by two Messerscmitt 109 T-2 fighter planes from the 13/JG-77 Squadron at Sola airport in Stavanger. These fighters were piloted by Lt. Alfred Jakobi and Lt. Wolfgang Steinicke.

After a short and intense fight in the air, AN525 crashed into a hill, near the small village of Bygland. The entire crew lost their lives in the crash, and were buried by the Germans with full military honours at the Bygland cemetery. The fact that this was the worlds first B-17C to be shot down, it made the Germans very keen to know more about this aircraft type, and now they had parts they could examine. Two engines and some other parts were brought down to Bygland and soon sent off to Berlin for inspection.

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