About the Airplane

The Missing Air Crew Reports No.
10876
The type of the plane.
B-17G
The plane ID.
42-107106
The name of the plane.
The squadron the bomber belongs to.
341st Bomb Squadron
The date of the bomber's crash.
1944-12-28
The reason for the bomber's crash.
technischer Fehler
The place the bomber targeted.
Regensburg
The place where the bomber crashed.
Umbach
Coordinates of the site the bomber was last seen at.
48°35'N, 12°09'E
The city or village the bomber was last seen at.
Deutschland
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.
Die Maschine musste bei Umbach notlanden.

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The Crew

Name Rank Function Destiny
Aldridge, John S. 2nd Lt Co-Pilot Rtd
Baranowski, Gerard A. F/O Bombardier Rtd
Blackburn, Roy S/Sgt Gunner 6 Rtd
Gorman, Edward T. Sgt Gunner 4 Rtd
Huf, John F. T/Sgt Gunner 1 Rtd
Meckle, Donald J. S/Sgt Gunner 3 Rtd
Neider, Joseph M. 2nd Lt Pilot Rtd
Richards, William E. Sgt Gunner 2 Rtd
Ruple, Paul W. S/Sgt Gunner 5 Rtd
Schamis, Aho 2nd Lt Navigator 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-00714.html)