I´ve seen this clip maybe 60 times over the years and I know that there are earlier moments of the same clip available somewhere on youtube.
In the longer clip the 110 closes in on the bomber from a low 8 o´clock position and before the pilot gains a firing solution you can see smoke coming from the tail gunner while firing. But I think he is silenced by the 110 later on.
So the ship is not abandon by all its crew members but the ball turret is in its locked position so maybe the intercom was shot up and just some of the gunners bailed.
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