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Originally Posted by sheepherder

The last chapter of the book details recovery of one complete engine from the wreck in 1968 and "dismantling it found fragments of a single 20mm cannon projectile. With the altitude and position of the flight path it could only have come from a head-on pass by an enemy night fighter, since there were no holes in the cowling." [From the book].

Maybe the plane was bounced in a previous mission, the engine cowling replaced but the fragments where either missed in the repairs or considered unimportant.
Until the plane was removed from the crash site it was sort of a tourist attraction and it was much tampered with. My guess is there is not much left worth investigating.

Originally Posted by sheepherder

What is interesting is that the plane flew with a single crew for it's short wartime life, until that last mission. The original crew was forced to take another bomber, and therefore missed Lady Be Good's last flight.

That I didn't know. They were lucky, I would not wish the journey on that last flight to my worst enemy.