About the Airplane

The Missing Air Crew Reports No.
1138
The type of the plane.
B-24D
The plane ID.
42-41188
The name of the plane.
The squadron the bomber belongs to.
415th 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.
Klingenfurth
Coordinates of the site the bomber was last seen at.
46°50'N, 16°15'E
The city or village the bomber was last seen at.
Jennersdorf Nähe
The country or county the bomber was last seen at.
Slowenien
Time of the day the bomber was last seen at.
Time of the crash.
Comments.
Das Flugzeug geriet in Brand und explodierte in der Luft. Drei Besatzungsmitglieder verloren dabei ihr Leben.

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The Crew

Name Rank Function Destiny
Bailey, Irving F. S/Sgt Gunner 3 EUS
Clarke, Ernest F. S/Sgt Gunner 4 KIA
Colangelo, Emile W. T/Sgt Gunner 1 EUS
Giuz, William T/Sgt Gunner 2 EUS
Karrish, Edwin A. S/Sgt Gunner 5 EUS
Price, Edward 2nd Lt Co-Pilot EUS
Tubman, Norman M. 2nd Lt Bombardier KIA
Webb, Owen R. S/Sgt Gunner 6 EUS
Weidig, Carlton H. 1st Lt Navigator EUS
Weldon, Frank D. 2nd Lt Pilot KIA

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-00015.html)