About the Airplane

The Missing Air Crew Reports No.
10223
The type of the plane.
B-17G
The plane ID.
42-97652
The name of the plane.
The squadron the bomber belongs to.
20th Bomb Squadron
The date of the bomber's crash.
1944-12-07
The reason for the bomber's crash.
Unbekannt
The place the bomber targeted.
Salzburg
The place where the bomber crashed.
Zagreb
Coordinates of the site the bomber was last seen at.
The city or village the bomber was last seen at.
Österreich
The country or county the bomber was last seen at.
Time of the day the bomber was last seen at.
-
Time of the crash.
07:30
Comments.
Die Besatzung befand sich mit zwei weiteren auf einer Pathfinder-Mission im Raum Salzburg. Die Maschine wurde beschädigt und konnte noch bis Jugoslawien fliegen, wo die gesamte Besatzung mittels Fallschirm absprang.

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The Crew

Name Rank Function Destiny
Doty, John P. 1st Lt Gunner 1 Rtd
Draper, Robert D. 2nd Lt Co-Pilot Rtd
Madill, Frank C. 2nd Lt Navigator Rtd
Miller, James F. T/Sgt Gunner 2 Rtd
Miller, Morris H. S/Sgt Gunner 4 Rtd
Pederson, Isaac C. 1st Lt Pilot Rtd
Phillips, Gildo F.M. 2nd Lt Bombardier Rtd
Pope, Anthony J. S/Sgt Gunner 3 Rtd
Simerson, Hubert Y. S/Sgt Gunner 6 Rtd
Stewart, Charles W. S/Sgt Gunner 5 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-00671.html)