The Crew of B-17 #43-39338

The crew members named in the official Missing Air Crew Report (MACR) were assigned to the European Air Transport Service (EATS) in Weisbaden, Germany, and to the 61^st Troop Carrier Group (TCG) in Eschborn, Germany.

The EATS organized and provided planes, crews and flights in support of troop movment, diplomatic missions and civilian travel in Europe after the end of the war in May of 1945.

The officers on this ill-fated flight were assigned to the Headquarters of EATS. The enlisted men were experienced airmen assigned to the 61^st TCG.

The purpose of this mission is still unknown.

The exact route of the flight is still unknown.

They may or may not have been together before this flight but they are now joined together for eternity as the wreckage of their aircraft was buried in the glacier and their remains were buried in common ground.