Allied Crash Sites in Germany

[Pool13]

Is there any chance that a list of crash sites in Germany of Allied planes exists. I am trying to get a general location of a B-17 that crashed in south Germany on April 18, 1945. I have a report of the crew bailing out at about 49.133333, 10.066667.

[Laurent Rizzotti]

The German had several series of reports for Allied aircraft crashing in Germany or occupied countries. The bombers crashing in Germany are generally in the KU series.

But so late in the war it seems that the system was broken.

The fold3 website had in its MACR section files listing these German reports (or at least part of them) in chronological order, but it stops in March 1945.

From the position you quote, I guess you're after the B-17G-90-BO 43-38646 IW-T ’Queen of Angels’ which crew was seen bailing out by escort fighters at this position. There is no German document in the MACR for this aircraft.

According to the MACR the bail out was in Crailsheim area, you can try to contact a local historian to know more.

[Pool13]

Thanks,

Yup, I do have a copy of the MACR and yeah there was no KU.

I had try once writing German historians, but I will try again to contact people in the Crailsheim area it can't hurt.

My wife's grandfather was the pilot.

Thanks