About the Airplane
- The Missing Air Crew Reports No.
- 5456
- The type of the plane.
- B-24D
- The plane ID.
- 42-72892
- The name of the plane.
- The squadron the bomber belongs to.
- 515th Bomb Squadron
- The date of the bomber's crash.
- 1944-05-30
- The reason for the bomber's crash.
- Flak
- The place the bomber targeted.
- Pottendorf
- The place where the bomber crashed.
- Neusiedlersee
- Coordinates of the site the bomber was last seen at.
- 47°50'N, 16°30'N
- The city or village the bomber was last seen at.
- Eisenstadt
- The country or county the bomber was last seen at.
- Time of the day the bomber was last seen at.
- 10:30
- Time of the crash.
- 10:30
- Comments.
Map of related places
The Crew
| Name | Rank | Function | Destiny |
|---|---|---|---|
| Braude, Lincoln H. | 2nd Lt | Co-Pilot | Rtd |
| Demanowski, Clarence B. | S/Sgt | Gunner 3 | Rtd |
| Hebert, Orville D. | S/Sgt | Gunner 6 | Rtd |
| Kimmel, Louis F. | S/Sgt | Gunner 5 | Rtd |
| Kline, William H. | S/Sgt | Gunner 4 | Rtd |
| Lankford, Robert G. | T/Sgt | Gunner 2 | Rtd |
| Mitchell, Robert W. | 2nd Lt | Pilot | Rtd |
| Roemer, Raymond | T/Sgt | Gunner 1 | Rtd |
| Sherk, Robert K. | 2nd Lt | Bombardier | Rtd |
| Tayloe, William E. | 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-00223.html)