B-17 G-55-VE, Serial No. 44-8248, equipped with radar "Mickey", Marking. 4, Nik Name : Dottie, 15th Air Force, 97th Bomb Group, 414th Squadron. Launched at Amendola (I) with the mission of bombing Augsburg. (D) The bomber was hit over the target by heavy flak and quickly lost altitude. The pilot gave the order to parachute out and engaged the autopilot. One group of the crew was captured by the Wehrmacht near Füssen (D) and the other near Kaufbeuren (D) and spent the rest of the war as prisoners of war in Stalag VIIA Moosburg. An hour later, the bomber flew pilotless into Switzerland and crashed at Trimbach.
B-17 Trimbach 27.02.1945
