Lost B-17 on 6 september 1943

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I looked at the MACR for 42-5942. The crew bailed out near Ulm. It is not clear where the plane actually came down, there are not any German "KU" documents in the MACR on footnote.com. Wiesner was killed in the plane during a fighter attack and never got out of the plane. If in fact he was buried at Geislingen that would suggest the plane came down near there. Redmond actually bailed out with the rest of the crew. The crew survivors were told he died of a skull fracture in a hospital. The surviving crew members had two theories on what happened to Redmond. One was he was beaten by civilians when he was on the ground. The other was that he hit his head on the tail of the plane when he bailed out.