About the Airplane

The Missing Air Crew Reports No.
2595
The type of the plane.
B-17F
The plane ID.
42-30329
The name of the plane.
The squadron the bomber belongs to.
352nd Bomb Squadron
The date of the bomber's crash.
1944-02-25
The reason for the bomber's crash.
Jäger
The place the bomber targeted.
Regensburg
The place where the bomber crashed.
Saalfelden
Coordinates of the site the bomber was last seen at.
The city or village the bomber was last seen at.
nördlich Klagenfurt
The country or county the bomber was last seen at.
Time of the day the bomber was last seen at.
12:15
Time of the crash.
Comments.
Die Maschine wurde von Jägern attackiert, die das 1. und 4. Triebwerk in Brand schossen. Die Maschine sackte aus der Formation ab. Der gesamten Besatzung gelang es, mit dem Fallschirm abzuspringen.

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The Crew

Name Rank Function Destiny
Ballard, John C. S/Sgt Gunner 4 Rtd
Baronas, John C. F/O Bombardier EUS
Martyniak, Peter P. T/Sgt Gunner 2 Rtd
Moye, Otis B. T/Sgt Gunner 1 Rtd
Power, William D. 1st Lt Co-Pilot EUS
Sbaschnig, Harold J. S/Sgt Gunner 5 Rtd
Thompson, Thomas J. 2nd Lt Navigator Rtd
Wiand, Gail F. S/Sgt Gunner 3 Rtd
van Nortwick, John E. 1st Lt Pilot Rtd

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-00046.html)