About the Airplane
- The Missing Air Crew Reports No.
- 5443
- The type of the plane.
- B-24J
- The plane ID.
- 42-73416
- The name of the plane.
- The squadron the bomber belongs to.
- 344th Bomb Squadron
- The date of the bomber's crash.
- 1944-05-29
- The reason for the bomber's crash.
- Jäger
- The place the bomber targeted.
- Wiener Neustadt
- The place where the bomber crashed.
- Fischbach
- Coordinates of the site the bomber was last seen at.
- The city or village the bomber was last seen at.
- Wr. Neustadt
- The country or county the bomber was last seen at.
- Time of the day the bomber was last seen at.
- 10:05
- Time of the crash.
- Comments.
Map of related places
The Crew
| Name | Rank | Function | Destiny |
|---|---|---|---|
| Devel, Frederick E. | Cpl | Gunner 5 | 0 |
| Elder, James M. | 2nd Lt | Co-Pilot | Rtd |
| Follett, Edwin R. | S/Sgt | Gunner 2 | Rtd |
| Foster, William T. J. | 2nd Lt | Pilot | Rtd |
| Furdick, George | Sgt | Gunner 6 | 0 |
| Hawthorne, Victor C. | Cpl | Gunner 4 | 0 |
| Honeycutt, Robert H. | Pvt | Gunner 7 | Rtd |
| Kennedy, Donald H. | T/Sgt | Gunner 1 | 0 |
| Lochner, Dennis J. | 2nd Lt | Bombardier | Rtd |
| Penny, Zebulon V. | Sgt | Gunner 3 | DED |
| Skopic, Peter | 2nd Lt | Navigator | 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-00220.html)