About the Airplane
- The Missing Air Crew Reports No.
- 6032
- The type of the plane.
- B-17G
- The plane ID.
- 42-38089
- The name of the plane.
- The squadron the bomber belongs to.
- 49th Bomb Squadron
- The date of the bomber's crash.
- 1944-06-16
- The reason for the bomber's crash.
- technischer Fehler
- The place the bomber targeted.
- Floridsdorf
- The place where the bomber crashed.
- Zagreb
- Coordinates of the site the bomber was last seen at.
- 45°42'N, 16°15'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.
- 12:00
- Time of the crash.
- Comments.
- Notlandung, Evakuierung nach Italien (02.07.1944)
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The Crew
| Name | Rank | Function | Destiny |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cockshott, John B. | S/Sgt | Gunner 6 | 0 |
| Davis, Ollie S. | Sgt | Gunner 2 | 0 |
| Fitzsimons, Lawrence J. | 2nd Lt | Co-Pilot | Rtd |
| Hommer, Paul E. | S/Sgt | Gunner 4 | 0 |
| Naglaty, Frank L. | S/Sgt | Gunner 1 | 0 |
| Newman, Paul | 2nd Lt | Bombardier | 0 |
| Sallings, Joseph E. | Sgt | Gunner 3 | Rtd |
| Schwartz, Louis | S/Sgt | Gunner 5 | 0 |
| Snure, Charles L. | 2nd Lt | Navigator | 0 |
| Vaughn, Shelby F. | 1st Lt | Pilot | 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-00261.html)