Aircraft crashed in south Italy in 1943

[SALERNO1943]

Originally Posted by Revi16

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[Revi16]

Originally Posted by SALERNO1943

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[Leendert]

Salerno (Matteo?),

I put some news on armyairforces.com where you also placed the picture.
B-24 most likely Lt Col Payne's a/c since Lt Prchal ditched in the Med.
Crew list also provided there, only two survivors in Payne's B-24 and just one in Prchal's.

Regards,

Leendert

[Leendert]

Payne's crew list and burial sites of the men who were killed according findagrave.com:

John H. Payne - Austin, Texas
Norman R. Angell - Portland, Oregon (he was heavily wounded and died on 14 Jan 1943).
Merle J. Andrews - Springfield, Illinois
Cecil G. Buttram -Crossville, Tennessee
Harold C. Vanness - Sicily-Rome American Cemetery, Italy
Daniel W. Brown - ? (first name assumed: only Captain with initials D.W. listed as killed on wwiimemorial.com)

The two survivors were Robert R. Krager and Theodore D. Drazkowski.
Krager was from Nebraska and became POW in a camp in Austria, while Drazkowski was held in a POW camp in Italy. He was from Michigan.

Regards,

Leendert

[SALERNO1943]

Originally Posted by Leendert

Salerno (Matteo?),

I put some news on armyairforces.com where you also placed the picture.
B-24 most likely Lt Col Payne's a/c since Lt Prchal ditched in the Med.
Crew list also provided there, only two survivors in Payne's B-24 and just one in Prchal's.

Regards,

Leendert

Thanks for your precious information. However B-24 of Prchal not crashed in the Med but on a mountain near Acerno. We recently find thias crash site as you can see in our site www.1943salerno.it Please remember that according italian aviation report that day was shot down 4 bombers.

[Leendert]

I missed one more killed crew member in Payne's B-24: 2/Lt J.P. Lewis.
He may be identified as Julius P. Lewis, navigator.

I'm sure you and your team can match all the info with what you've found locally.

Regards,

Leendert