About the Airplane

The Missing Air Crew Reports No.
2583
The type of the plane.
B-24H
The plane ID.
42-52200
The name of the plane.
The squadron the bomber belongs to.
515th Bomb Squadron
The date of the bomber's crash.
1944-02-23
The reason for the bomber's crash.
Flak
The place the bomber targeted.
Steyr
The place where the bomber crashed.
Sipbachzell
Coordinates of the site the bomber was last seen at.
47°20'N, 14°18'E
The city or village the bomber was last seen at.
Raum Judenburg
The country or county the bomber was last seen at.
Time of the day the bomber was last seen at.
Time of the crash.
Comments.

Map of related places

The Crew

Name Rank Function Destiny
Alfieri, Anthony S/Sgt Gunner 3 Rtd
Barnhill, William T. 2nd Lt Co-Pilot Rtd
Belyea, Edmund H. 2nd Lt Pilot Rtd
Carter, Leon L. S/Sgt Gunner 4 DED
Collier, Jack D. S/Sgt Gunner 5 Rtd
Garcia, Ignacio J. S/Sgt Gunner 6 DED
Glick, Monroe S. 2nd Lt Navigator Rtd
Harriger, Howard E. T/Sgt Gunner 2 Rtd
Shelley, Elver D. T/Sgt Gunner 1 0
Spodar, Michael 2nd Lt Bombardier Rtd

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-00037.html)