About the Airplane
- The Missing Air Crew Reports No.
- 12513
- The type of the plane.
- B-17
- The plane ID.
- 44-8187
- The name of the plane.
- The squadron the bomber belongs to.
- 346th Bomb Squadron
- The date of the bomber's crash.
- 1945-02-27
- The reason for the bomber's crash.
- Flak
- The place the bomber targeted.
- Augsburg
- The place where the bomber crashed.
- Dübendorf
- Coordinates of the site the bomber was last seen at.
- 47°30'N, 11°20'E
- The city or village the bomber was last seen at.
- Innsbruck nördlich
- 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.
- In der Schweiz (Adelboden) interniert (3 Personen), an die USA am 03.03.1945 ausgeliefert (7 Personen)
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The Crew
| Name | Rank | Function | Destiny |
|---|---|---|---|
| Estes, Leon | S/Sgt | Gunner 5 | Rtd |
| Fabinak, Victor A. | S/Sgt | Gunner 6 | Rtd |
| Fischbach, Clement J. | S/Sgt | Gunner 4 | Rtd |
| McConnell, Benjamin R. | T/Sgt | Gunner 2 | Rtd |
| Morat, John B. | 1st Lt | Co-Pilot | 0 |
| Mucek, Walter A. | 2nd Lt | Bombardier | Rtd |
| Shenk, Paul W. | 2nd Lt | Gunner 1 | Rtd |
| Shorten, Frederick J. | S/Sgt | Gunner 3 | Rtd |
| Smith, Leonard | 1st Lt | Pilot | Rtd |
| Wilcox, Albert L. | 1st 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-00844.html)