Crash C47 in South-East of France 1944

Hello !
I'm French (I am too on the 324^th Fighter group for the 314^th Fighter squadron) & I'm looking for inquiries about an unknown member of the following plane :
-          Douglas C-47, coded K, serial 42-234669 of the 60th TCG which crashed in October the 31st, 1944 in the South of France in TOURNON-SUR-RHONE (Ardèche).
-          In a French book about air history, I have read the following things about this crash :
-          Member of his plane killed in the crash :
-          Lt VAYNE, Pilot
-          Sgt TORTIN-SLEY,
-          Sgt DUNN,
-          Unknown
-          Member of his plane hurt in the crash :
-          Captain MARGUIS, co-pilot
-          Sgt TARAPECK
-          Sgt MOCCIA
-          The passengers weren’t hurt.
I’d like to know the identity of this unknown member of this plane.
I’d like to know too where the four members killed were buried.

Thank you for your help.
 
Regards.

I did a little more searching and came up with an interesting list of names on the following website:
(Search for "Agee, Wayne"  when on the page.)
http://airforcehistoryindex.org/data/000/877/386.xml
The names  found  are listed consecutively and "seem" to relate to a single incident:
MARQUIS, EDMOND A.
AGEE, WAYNE W.;
FERNBECK, GEORGE C.;
MOCCIA, NICHOLAS M.;
FRANCIS, JOHN W.;
GABRIEL, ANTHONY V.;
GERSH, TED H.;
GETTLEMAN, MORRIS;
EICONE, SEYMOUR;
ZAPPARRI, ALBERT J.;
FORTINSKY, HAROLD P.;
GERTSKI, EDWIN R.;
FRANCISCO, CLARENCE JR;
FAGLEMAN, WILLIAM;
ELSNER, MARION;
WILCOX, JACK M.;
DUNN, HOWARD;
ONE UNIDENTIFIED BODY

This "may" be the list of names of people involved in the crash.  I think the names you have are garbled.   Unfortunately it does seem to list an unidentified body. The names you may want to investigate further are Fortinsky, Harold P  and Dunn, Howard.   

Thank you very much for your help, RSwank.
 
I begun my research in the american site of Air story since few days and I have discovered all your sites which are very interesting with your help.
 
Concerning the unknown of this plane, I'm very surprised this member of the crew airplane is still unknown in USA.
I thought he was identified because they are survivors in the member of the crew airplane after the crash (I don't know the gravity of their injuries).
Perhaps, he come from an other unit or he come from a stranger army in detachment and nobody knows him before the fly ?
I think I can find perhaps his identity with the list of MIA of the Army Air Force in Europe (France) on the October 31st, 1944 if they aren't numerous.
Have you other ideas to find his identity ?
I may ask to the USA Army a list of military of the Army Air Force MIA in Europe (France) on the October 31st, 1944 ? If it's a good idea,which site on internet ?
 
Thank you for your future help and advices to a beginner.
 
Regards.
 
 
 

Terminator 07,
I agree it is very odd that one person seems to be unidentified.  I am not sure what that might mean.  Maybe some others on the forum will have some ideas of what to try next.
Best Regards
 

For me, it's the night (9.30 pm). I'll Work on tomorrow.
Bye and thank you again for your help RSwank.
Best regards
 
 

Terminator 07,
Looking at the way Harold P. Fortinsky is listed (see above) as just in the "Infantry" without a unit, I did a search on the www.abmc.gov website doing a Unit search and just listing Infantry.  Besides Fortinsky, you get this man who also died on 31 OCT 44.  I checked and he is also listed as DNB:
http://media.nara.gov/media/images/29/14/29-1316a.gif

Lawrence F. Donaldson

Private, U.S. Army

Service # 12032391

US Infantry

Entered the Service from: New York
Died: 31-Oct-44
Buried at: Plot B Row 28 Grave 60
Epinal American Cemetery
Epinal, France Awards:
 
Not proof by any means, but he might be a "possibility" for the Unknown.   It would take a MUCH MORE checking to be sure one way or the other.   (The other option might be to buy the report from the aviation archeology website.)

Hello,
I pass on a french article of the local press about the crash of the Douglas C-47, coded K, serial 42-23469 of the 60th TCG which crashed in October the 31st, 1944 in the South of France in TOURNON-SUR-RHONE (Ardèche).
 
  http://www.ledauphine.com...2/l-incroyable-periple
 
Regards.