The commandos, aboard a C-47 of the USAAF, made their parachute jump on the slopes of Monte Tezio to the east of Lake Trasimeno, after which the plane on which they had been travelling crashed into the mountainside killing the entire crew.
A team of commandos, on a transport aircraft of the USAAF, made an emergency parachute jump onto the slopes of Monte Tezio east of Lake Trasimeno. The plane they had been traveling in subsequently crashed into the mountainside, causing fatalities among the crew.