About the Airplane

The Missing Air Crew Reports No.
1100
The type of the plane.
B-24J
The plane ID.
42-73084
The name of the plane.
The squadron the bomber belongs to.
515th Bomb Squadron
The date of the bomber's crash.
1943-11-02
The reason for the bomber's crash.
Jäger
The place the bomber targeted.
Wiener Neustadt
The place where the bomber crashed.
Bocksdorf
Coordinates of the site the bomber was last seen at.
47°30'N, 16°20'E
The city or village the bomber was last seen at.
Kirchschlag in der Buckligen Welt
The country or county the bomber was last seen at.
Burgenland
Time of the day the bomber was last seen at.
Time of the crash.
Comments.
Nur vier Besatzungsmitglieder konnten sich aus der Maschine retten und überlebten so den Absturz.

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The Crew

Name Rank Function Destiny
Anderson, Carl V. S/Sgt Gunner 5 EUS
Artykewick, Henry J. 2nd Lt Co-Pilot KIA
Bacon, Gerald C. 2nd Lt Bombardier EUS
Bluejacket, Charles E. S/Sgt Gunner 3 KIA
Dacon, Willard L. S/Sgt Gunner 6 DED
Eisenberg, Max T/Sgt Gunner 1 DED
Felming, James J. 2nd Lt Navigator DED
George, Raphael J. T/Sgt Gunner 2 Rmc
Peluse, Philip S/Sgt Gunner 4 DED
Tennant, Jack L. 2nd Lt Pilot EUS

How to cite

DAACDA – Downed Allied Air Crew Database Austria, edited by Nicole-Melanie Goll, Georg Hoffmann and Peter Andorfer, Vienna 2025 (https://daacda.acdh.oeaw.ac.at/a-00013.html)