About the Airplane
- The Missing Air Crew Reports No.
- 6033
- The type of the plane.
- B-24H
- The plane ID.
- 41-29294
- The name of the plane.
- The squadron the bomber belongs to.
- 512th Bomb Squadron
- The date of the bomber's crash.
- 1944-06-16
- The reason for the bomber's crash.
- Jäger
- The place the bomber targeted.
- Bratislava
- The place where the bomber crashed.
- Neusiedlersee
- Coordinates of the site the bomber was last seen at.
- 48°01'N, 17°20'E
- The city or village the bomber was last seen at.
- Bratislava
- The country or county the bomber was last seen at.
- Time of the day the bomber was last seen at.
- 10:15
- Time of the crash.
- Comments.
- Die Maschine wurde getroffen, Feuer brach aus. Dem Piloten gelang es die Maschine noch einige Sekunden gerade zu halten, so dass sich einige Besatzungsmitglieder aus der Maschine retten konnten. Allerdings öffneten sich die Fallschirme nicht. Das Flugzeug ging danach in den Sturzflug über, ehe es in der Luft explodierte. Die Einzelteile prallten am Boden auf.
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The Crew
| Name | Rank | Function | Destiny |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drake, Harold B. | 2nd Lt | Pilot | KIA |
| Hambidge, Gordon W. | 2nd Lt | Co-Pilot | KIA |
| Latimer, Philip | T/Sgt | Gunner 2 | KIA |
| Maddox, Paul E. | T/Sgt | Gunner 3 | KIA |
| Maddox, Theodore M. | S/Sgt | Gunner 6 | EUS |
| Marcucci, Andrew A. | 2nd Lt | Bombardier | KIA |
| Mitchell, Walter S. | 2nd Lt | Navigator | EUS |
| Riley, George F. | T/Sgt | Gunner 4 | KIA |
| Shogren, Harold V. | T/Sgt | Gunner 1 | KIA |
| Wilburn, Billy S. | S/Sgt | Gunner 5 | KIA |
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-00262.html)