About the Airplane
- The Missing Air Crew Reports No.
- 1527
- The type of the plane.
- B-17F
- The plane ID.
- 42-5832
- The name of the plane.
- The squadron the bomber belongs to.
- 348th Bomb Squadron
- The date of the bomber's crash.
- 1943-12-20
- The reason for the bomber's crash.
- Jäger
- The place the bomber targeted.
- Augsburg
- The place where the bomber crashed.
- Innsbruck
- Coordinates of the site the bomber was last seen at.
- 46°50'N, 12°10'E
- The city or village the bomber was last seen at.
- Bereich Brennerpass
- The country or county the bomber was last seen at.
- Tirol
- Time of the day the bomber was last seen at.
- Time of the crash.
- Comments.
- Die Maschine wurde von Jagdflugzeugen angegriffen, ging dadurch ins Trudeln über und brach schließlich in zwei Teile. Sieben Besatzungsmitglieder konnten mit ihren Fallschirmen das Flugzeug verlassen und überlebten - teils verletzt - den Absturz.
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The Crew
| Name | Rank | Function | Destiny |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brown, Howard F. | Sgt | Gunner 2 | KIA |
| Campbell, Theodore R. | T/Sgt | Gunner 1 | EUS |
| Carollo, Frank P. | Sgt | Gunner 3 | EUS |
| Donley, James K. | Sgt | Gunner 6 | EUS |
| Garcia, Librado | S/Sgt | Gunner 4 | KIA |
| Green, Louis | 1st Lt | Bombardier | EUS |
| Kozumplik, James W. | 1st Lt | Navigator | EUS |
| Mabante, James A. | S/Sgt | Gunner 5 | KIA |
| Selanders, Lawrence M. | 1st Lt | Co-Pilot | EUS |
| Stidd, Cyril C. | 1st Lt | Pilot | EUS |
How to cite
DAACDA – Downed Allied Air Crew Database Austria, edited by Nicole-Melanie Goll, Georg Hoffmann and Peter Andorfer, Vienna 2025 (https://daacda.acdh.oeaw.ac.at/a-00020.html)