About the Airplane
- The Missing Air Crew Reports No.
- 1139
- The type of the plane.
- B-24D
- The plane ID.
- 42-41255
- 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.
- Flak
- The place the bomber targeted.
- Wiener Neustadt
- The place where the bomber crashed.
- Deutsch-Kaltenbrunn
- Coordinates of the site the bomber was last seen at.
- 46°50'N, 16°25'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 wurde schwer von der Flak Flügel und Heck getroffen, explodierte in der Luft (Explosion im Bombenschacht). Der einzige Überlebende, der das Flugzeug verlassen konnte, kam nahe der Weldon-Crew zu Boden und ging mit deren Besatzung in Gefangenschaft. Die sterblichen Überreste der Besatzung wurden tagelang nicht bestattet.
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The Crew
| Name | Rank | Function | Destiny |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conway, Mathew A. | S/Sgt | Gunner 4 | DED |
| Dekle, Marcus R. | 2nd Lt | Navigator | EUS |
| Drew, Foy B. | S/Sgt | Gunner 5 | DED |
| Isaacs, Thomas | 2nd Lt | Co-Pilot | DED |
| Kaplowitz, Charles | T/Sgt | Gunner 1 | DED |
| Longshore, Wilbur R. | 2nd Lt | Bombardier | DED |
| Perkett, William J. | S/Sgt | Gunner 3 | DED |
| Peters, Henry S. | S/Sgt | Gunner 6 | DED |
| Price, Gerald M. | 2nd Lt | Pilot | DED |
| Shimkus, Lawrence J. | T/Sgt | Gunner 2 | DED |
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-00016.html)