The dawn of a legend
For the rest of Captain Eaton's career, every time he flew over the Agaiambo Swamp wreck on one of his forays, he would tell his new crew about the miraculous escape of the nine men. Despite being shot at, losing power, belly landing in a swamp, devoured by mosquitoes, going hungry for days, and contracting malaria, the crew of that B-17 made it out alive. We don't know what else to call that besides legendary.