About the Airplane

The Missing Air Crew Reports No.
2614
The type of the plane.
B-17F
The plane ID.
41-24618
The name of the plane.
Lit Jo
The squadron the bomber belongs to.
49th Bomb Squadron
The date of the bomber's crash.
1944-02-24
The reason for the bomber's crash.
Jäger
The place the bomber targeted.
Steyr
The place where the bomber crashed.
Attersee
Coordinates of the site the bomber was last seen at.
47°29'N, 14°28'E
The city or village the bomber was last seen at.
Trieben
The country or county the bomber was last seen at.
Time of the day the bomber was last seen at.
12:15
Time of the crash.
13:15
Comments.

Map of related places

The Crew

Name Rank Function Destiny
Campbell, Claston D. T/Sgt Gunner 1 Rtd
Daughdrill, Charles A. T/Sgt Gunner 6 Rtd
Durney, George P. F/O Pilot Rtd
Hart, Jess C. S/Sgt Gunner 3 Rtd
Hollingsworth, Elvyn O. S/Sgt Gunner 4 Rtd
Larsen, Harold E. 2nd Lt Navigator Rtd
Martin, Bernard M. 2nd Lt Bombardier Rtd
McCarvel, Edward J. S/Sgt Gunner 5 Rtd
Meiselbar, William S/Sgt Gunner 2 Rtd
Wise, James D. 2nd Lt Co-Pilot 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-00049.html)