About the Airplane
- The Missing Air Crew Reports No.
- 5462
- The type of the plane.
- B-24G
- The plane ID.
- 42-278325
- The name of the plane.
- Hard to get
- The squadron the bomber belongs to.
- 723rd Bomb Squadron
- The date of the bomber's crash.
- 1944-05-31
- The reason for the bomber's crash.
- Jäger
- The place the bomber targeted.
- Ploesti
- The place where the bomber crashed.
- Balteni
- Coordinates of the site the bomber was last seen at.
- 44°30'N, 24°30'E
- The city or village the bomber was last seen at.
- Jugoslawien
- The country or county the bomber was last seen at.
- Time of the day the bomber was last seen at.
- 10:33
- Time of the crash.
- Comments.
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The Crew
| Name | Rank | Function | Destiny |
|---|---|---|---|
| Althouse, James G. | 2nd Lt | Co-Pilot | Rtd |
| Barney, Kenneth D. | 2nd Lt | Bombardier | Rtd |
| Blankenship, Lex H. | 2nd Lt | Navigator | 0 |
| Clatterbuck, Drexel W. | S/Sgt | Gunner 4 | 0 |
| Cline, Floyd W. | S/Sgt | Gunner 1 | 0 |
| Diviney, John F. | Sgt | Gunner 5 | 0 |
| Lombardi, James C. | 1st Lt | Pilot | Rtd |
| Sanderson, Edward L. | Sgt | Gunner 2 | 0 |
| Sinclair, Raymond R. | Sgt | Gunner 3 | 0 |
| Witherow, Clarence D. | Sgt | Gunner 6 | 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-00228.html)