About the Airplane

The Missing Air Crew Reports No.
12563
The type of the plane.
P-47
The plane ID.
42-29006
The name of the plane.
Hell's Angel
The squadron the bomber belongs to.
345th Fighter Squadron
The date of the bomber's crash.
1945-02-27
The reason for the bomber's crash.
Flak
The place the bomber targeted.
Villach
The place where the bomber crashed.
Spittal an der Drau
Coordinates of the site the bomber was last seen at.
The city or village the bomber was last seen at.
Spittal/Drau
The country or county the bomber was last seen at.
Time of the day the bomber was last seen at.
08:40
Time of the crash.
Comments.

Map of related places

The Crew

Name Rank Function Destiny
Southard, James C. 2nd Lt Pilot 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-00848.html)