Srebrna ptica izpod Jalovca – usoda letala Consolidated B-24G Liberator 42-78259 »Bugs« in njegove posadke

This article examines the fate of the crew and that of the American bomber Consolidated B-24G Liberator 42-78259, which crashed on 22 November 1944 in the area of Kotovo Sedlo under Jalovec. Based on archival sources, post-war records, eyewitness testimonies, and field research, the fate of the crashed plane and crew members, who parachuted out of the falling plane, was investigated and reconstructed. Newly acquired data present a different picture than that previously known from post-war records and stories circulating among the locals of the Upper Sava Valley.