About the Airplane

The Missing Air Crew Reports No.
3975
The type of the plane.
B-24H
The plane ID.
42-64463
The name of the plane.
The squadron the bomber belongs to.
759th Bomb Squadron
The date of the bomber's crash.
1944-04-13
The reason for the bomber's crash.
Flak
The place the bomber targeted.
Budapest
The place where the bomber crashed.
Imotski
Coordinates of the site the bomber was last seen at.
43°24'N, 17°15'E
The city or village the bomber was last seen at.
Jugoslawien
The country or county the bomber was last seen at.
Time of the day the bomber was last seen at.
14:25
Time of the crash.
14:30
Comments.
Das Flugzeug wurde von Flakgeschossen so schwer getroffen, dass die Explosion in der gesamten Bomber-Formation spürbar war. Die Maschine stürzten zu Boden, nur ein Besatzungsmitglied konnte sich retten.

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The Crew

Name Rank Function Destiny
Brunn, Clarence S/Sgt Gunner 6 DED
Cohen, Hyman 2nd Lt Navigator DED
Demilio, Louis A. S/Sgt Gunner 3 DED
Grygienc, Irwin A. S/Sgt Gunner 5 DED
Keithly, Ray C. 2nd Lt Co-Pilot DED
Osborne, Gerald C. T/Sgt Gunner 2 DED
Satterlee, Warren S. 2nd Lt Pilot KIA
Stocker, Raymond E. T/Sgt Gunner 1 EUS
Thilo, Carl F. 2nd Lt Bombardier KIA
Waterman, James M. S/Sgt Gunner 4 KIA

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-00134.html)