About the Airplane

The Missing Air Crew Reports No.
3155
The type of the plane.
B-24H
The plane ID.
42-52242
The name of the plane.
The squadron the bomber belongs to.
736th Bomb Squadron
The date of the bomber's crash.
1944-02-25
The reason for the bomber's crash.
Jäger
The place the bomber targeted.
Graz
The place where the bomber crashed.
Horn
Coordinates of the site the bomber was last seen at.
46°45'N, 15°37'E
The city or village the bomber was last seen at.
Leibnitz
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.
Comments.

Map of related places

The Crew

Name Rank Function Destiny
Bright, Harold E. S/Sgt Gunner 4 KIA
Jirinec, Frank S/Sgt Gunner 5 KIA
Johnson, Clifford W. S/Sgt Gunner 7 DED
Kenney, John D. 2nd Lt Navigator KIA
MacLean, Kenneth A. S/Sgt Gunner 3 KIA
Miller, Kenneth R. Sgt Gunner 6 DED
Ozment, Emerson L. 2nd Lt Bombardier DED
Strunack, John F. S/Sgt Gunner 2 MIA
Swanson, John G. S/Sgt Gunner 1 DED
Syme, David H. 2nd Lt Co-Pilot DED
Whitney, Otis 2nd Lt Pilot 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-00076.html)