349th Sqdn. A/C #42-3260 "ANGEL'S TIT"  MACR 00271

According to Nick Demchak, sole survivor, they were jumped by fighters about 20 miles from the enemy coast. Demchak's statement: "My mind is a complete blank from the time we got the bail out signal until I regained consciousness on a German boat. 2nd Lt. Gurley was in nose of ship and was not hurt when we received the bail out signal - I was firing my guns and did not hear the signal but Gurley informed me. I believe Adams and Krech were severely wounded or killed by a burst of machine gun fire which came quite close to me and from the angle appeared to enter the cockpit. Directly after that the bail out signal was given. I believe the plane exploded at that moment and the rest of the crew were killed by the explosion or rendered unconscious and unable to operate their chutes. The German boat that picked me up said they did not see anyone else." The bodies of Adams and Asbornsen must have been recovered but all of the others appear on the Wall of The Missing at Madingly.