About the Airplane

The Missing Air Crew Reports No.
3586
The type of the plane.
B-17
The plane ID.
42-30343
The name of the plane.
The squadron the bomber belongs to.
342nd Bomb Squadron
The date of the bomber's crash.
1944-04-02
The reason for the bomber's crash.
Unbekannt
The place the bomber targeted.
The place where the bomber crashed.
Maria Neustift
Coordinates of the site the bomber was last seen at.
The city or village the bomber was last seen at.
The country or county the bomber was last seen at.
Time of the day the bomber was last seen at.
Time of the crash.
Comments.

Map of related places

The Crew

Name Rank Function Destiny
Birdsall, Earl 2nd Lt Navigator POW
Blitz, Daniel C. S/Sgt Gunner 1 POW
Gwozdziewicz, E. 0 Gunner 5 KIA
Karkow, Andrew C. 2nd Lt Co-Pilot KIA
King, Warren A. 2nd Lt Pilot KIA
McIntosh, William None Gunner 6
Powell, Don R. 2nd Lt Bombardier KIA
Rosenauer, Chas E. S/Sgt Gunner 2 POW
Spain, Kelton C. Sgt Gunner 3 KIA
Wooters, Howard E. Sgt Gunner 4 KIA

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-00110.html)