Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress crash, Nov 15, 1944 (8 killed)
Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress accident on November 15, 1944 near Kleinsölk Styria, Austria with 8 fatalities. Cause: Bad weather over the Alps, with the...
- Date: November 15, 1944
- Aircraft: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress
- Location: Kleinsölk Styria, Austria
- Fatalities: 8
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: Bad weather over the Alps, with the aircraft going into a spin.
A B 17G of the 301st Bomb Group, returning from a raid on Linz, went down in mountains near Kleinsölk, Styria, on 15 November 1944. Eight crew were killed and at least two crew got out before the aircraft crashed.