About the Airplane

The Missing Air Crew Reports No.
6023
The type of the plane.
B-24H
The plane ID.
42-95357
The name of the plane.
The squadron the bomber belongs to.
738th Bomb Squadron
The date of the bomber's crash.
1944-06-16
The reason for the bomber's crash.
Flak
The place the bomber targeted.
Schwechat
The place where the bomber crashed.
Glomac
Coordinates of the site the bomber was last seen at.
The city or village the bomber was last seen at.
Schwechat
The country or county the bomber was last seen at.
Time of the day the bomber was last seen at.
10:44
Time of the crash.
12:00
Comments.
Rückkehr (evakuiert)

Map of related places

The Crew

Name Rank Function Destiny
Anderson, Richard B. S/Sgt Gunner 3 Rtd
Gerzel, Thomas H. 2nd Lt Co-Pilot 0
Gresh, Kenneth L. S/Sgt Gunner 1 0
Hardt, Frank 2nd Lt Bombardier Rtd
Huber, Henry C. 2nd Lt Pilot Rtd
Lake, Richard I. S/Sgt Gunner 4 0
Parrish, Jack B. S/Sgt Gunner 6 0
Pittman, Alfred S. S/Sgt Gunner 5 0
Swisher, John D. S/Sgt Gunner 2 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-00259.html)