About the Airplane
- The Missing Air Crew Reports No.
- 2721
- The type of the plane.
- B-17G
- The plane ID.
- 42-31703
- The name of the plane.
- The squadron the bomber belongs to.
- 353rd 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.
- Dachsteinmassiv
- Coordinates of the site the bomber was last seen at.
- 46°35'N, 14°20'E
- The city or village the bomber was last seen at.
- Klagenfurt
- The country or county the bomber was last seen at.
- Time of the day the bomber was last seen at.
- 14:15
- Time of the crash.
- Comments.
Map of related places
The Crew
| Name | Rank | Function | Destiny |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baltus, George R. | T/Sgt | Gunner 1 | Rtd |
| Barrowclough, David J. | Sgt | Gunner 3 | Rtd |
| Cobel, Arthur A. | 1st Lt | Bombardier | Rtd |
| Huggett, Irving W. | 1st Lt | Navigator | Rtd |
| Kaminsky, Leonard | S/Sgt | Gunner 4 | 0 |
| McKnight, Carmon L. | T/Sgt | Gunner 2 | Rtd |
| Park, Roy B. | S/Sgt | Gunner 5 | Rtd |
| Rose, Wood | 1st Lt | Pilot | Rtd |
| Steele, John A. | 1st Lt | Co-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-00073.html)