About the Airplane
- The Missing Air Crew Reports No.
- 4909
- The type of the plane.
- B-17G
- The plane ID.
- 42-32062
- The name of the plane.
- The squadron the bomber belongs to.
- 416th Bomb Squadron
- The date of the bomber's crash.
- 1944-04-02
- The reason for the bomber's crash.
- Jäger
- The place the bomber targeted.
- Steyr
- The place where the bomber crashed.
- Ogulin
- Coordinates of the site the bomber was last seen at.
- 46°40'N, 15°40'E
- The city or village the bomber was last seen at.
- Spielfeld
- The country or county the bomber was last seen at.
- Time of the day the bomber was last seen at.
- 13:00
- Time of the crash.
- Comments.
- 3 retteten sich mit Hilfe der Partisanen; 7 POW
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The Crew
| Name | Rank | Function | Destiny |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baldwin, Vernon L. | 2nd Lt | Co-Pilot | Rtd |
| Barber, Edsel | Sgt | Gunner 2 | 0 |
| Cramer, Frank L. | Sgt | Gunner 5 | Rtd |
| Dailey, William F. | Sgt | Gunner 6 | 0 |
| Fast, Gene | S/Sgt | Gunner 1 | 0 |
| Guldan, Joseph A. | 2nd Lt | Navigator | Rtd |
| Malone, Lester F. | Sgt | Gunner 4 | Rtd |
| Melnik, Phillip | 2nd Lt | Bombardier | Rtd |
| Moffitt, Joseph C. | 2nd Lt | Pilot | Rtd |
| Nori, Robert K. | S/Sgt | Gunner 3 | 0 |
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-00190.html)