About the Airplane

The Missing Air Crew Reports No.
5094
The type of the plane.
B-24H
The plane ID.
41-29245
The name of the plane.
The squadron the bomber belongs to.
725th Bomb Squadron
The date of the bomber's crash.
1944-04-02
The reason for the bomber's crash.
Flak und Jäger
The place the bomber targeted.
Steyr
The place where the bomber crashed.
Tirana
Coordinates of the site the bomber was last seen at.
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.
12:00
Time of the crash.
Comments.

Map of related places

The Crew

Name Rank Function Destiny
Davison, Charles H. 2nd Lt Co-Pilot Rtd
Denari, Joseph B. F/O Navigator 0
Hewitt, Larry T. S/Sgt Gunner 2 Rtd
Howard, Frank A. 1st Lt Pilot 0
Kosnac, Rudolph J. S/Sgt Gunner 6 Rtd
Kusarik, Joseph S/Sgt Gunner 5 Rtd
Lucas, Joseph M. 2nd Lt Bombardier Rtd
Mellem, Emil E. S/Sgt Gunner 3 0
Muczynski, Stanley F. T/Sgt Gunner 4 Rtd
Rex, Herbert B. T/Sgt Gunner 1 Rtd

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-00200.html)