About the Airplane

The Missing Air Crew Reports No.
4024
The type of the plane.
B-24H
The plane ID.
41-29216
The name of the plane.
The squadron the bomber belongs to.
717th Bomb Squadron
The date of the bomber's crash.
1944-04-02
The reason for the bomber's crash.
Kollision
The place the bomber targeted.
Steyr
The place where the bomber crashed.
Windischgarsten
Coordinates of the site the bomber was last seen at.
48°02'N, 14°23'E
The city or village the bomber was last seen at.
Steyr
The country or county the bomber was last seen at.
Time of the day the bomber was last seen at.
12:30
Time of the crash.
Comments.

Map of related places

The Crew

Name Rank Function Destiny
Adams, Donald R. S/Sgt Gunner 1 DED
Batterton, Herbert H. S/Sgt Gunner 4 DED
Butler, George W. 2nd Lt Bombardier DED
Caldwell, James E. 2nd Lt Navigator KIA
Gibbo, Leo J. T/Sgt Gunner 2 KIA
Kury, Jacob F. 1st Lt Pilot DED
Moore, Gordon F. S/Sgt Gunner 7 KIA
Phillips, John F. F/O Co-Pilot KIA
Piland, James C. S/Sgt Gunner 3 DED
Plourde, Gerald J. Sgt Gunner 6 KIA
Woods, Ernest S/Sgt Gunner 5 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-00138.html)