A cikin ƙasa da minti goma sha biyu, ta yi birgima har sai da aka dakatar da masts dinta ta taɓa kasa, gefen gefen ta na dama a sama da ruwa, kuma wani ɓangare na keel ɗin ta ya fallasa. An yi imanin cewa jirgin ya sha har sau takwas a duka. Yawancin ma'aikatanta, duk da haka, sun kasance a cikin yaƙin, suna hawa a cikin Maryland don taimakawa wajen yin amfani da batir dinta na anti-aircraft. An kashe ɗari huɗu da ashirin da tara daga cikin jami'anta da mazajen da suka shiga. Daya daga cikin wadanda aka kashe, Uba Aloysius Schmitt, shi ne firist na farko na Amurka da ya mutu a yakin duniya na biyu.
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