About the Airplane

The Missing Air Crew Reports No.
3914
The type of the plane.
B-24H
The plane ID.
41-28811
The name of the plane.
The squadron the bomber belongs to.
738th Bomb Squadron
The date of the bomber's crash.
1944-04-13
The reason for the bomber's crash.
Jäger
The place the bomber targeted.
Budapest Tokol
The place where the bomber crashed.
Baja
Coordinates of the site the bomber was last seen at.
The city or village the bomber was last seen at.
Eros
The country or county the bomber was last seen at.
Time of the day the bomber was last seen at.
13:14
Time of the crash.
Comments.
Das Flugzeug wurde nahe dem Zielgebiet Budapest von deutschen und ungarischen Jagdflugzeugen attackiert und mehrmals getroffen. Zwei Besatzungsmitglieder fanden den Tod. Das Flugzeug ging auf Tiefe und stürzte südlich von Budapest, bei Baja, auf den Boden.

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The Crew

Name Rank Function Destiny
Berkshire, Harry B. F/O Navigator EUS
Cochran, Finley L. S/Sgt Gunner 3 Rmc
Cox, James H. S/Sgt Gunner 6 Rmc
Davis, Kenneth R. S/Sgt Gunner 5 KIA
Johnson, Forest F. S/Sgt Gunner 4 EUS
McDaniel, Henry P. 2nd Lt Pilot Rmc
Nordholz, John F. T/Sgt Gunner 2 EUS
O'Brian, William T. Sgt Gunner 7 KIA
Sandbower, Lloyd E. S/Sgt Gunner 1 EUS
Shriber, Irving H. 2nd Lt Bombardier EUS
Waddingham, Albert T. 2nd Lt Co-Pilot EUS

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-00122.html)