About the Airplane

The Missing Air Crew Reports No.
5194
The type of the plane.
B-24H
The plane ID.
42-64467
The name of the plane.
The squadron the bomber belongs to.
515th Bomb Squadron
The date of the bomber's crash.
1944-05-24
The reason for the bomber's crash.
Flak
The place the bomber targeted.
Wiener Neustadt
The place where the bomber crashed.
Wildon
Coordinates of the site the bomber was last seen at.
47°02'N, 15°25'E
The city or village the bomber was last seen at.
Graz
The country or county the bomber was last seen at.
Time of the day the bomber was last seen at.
10:00
Time of the crash.
Comments.

Map of related places

The Crew

Name Rank Function Destiny
Boyd, Elwayne S/Sgt Gunner 4 Rtd
Bubis, Conrad J. S/Sgt Gunner 3 Rtd
Burnett, Lawrence H. S/Sgt Gunner 6 Rtd
Eeaton, William R. Sgt Gunner 5 Rtd
Gates, Fay R. S/Sgt Gunner 2 Rtd
Jorgensen, Raymond D. T/Sgt Gunner 1 Rtd
Matthews, Robert R. 2nd Lt Pilot Rtd
Tolby, Gilbert A. 2nd Lt Co-Pilot Rtd
Walter, Robert T. 2nd Lt Bombardier 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-00208.html)