About the Airplane

The Missing Air Crew Reports No.
6175
The type of the plane.
B-17F
The plane ID.
42-30106
The name of the plane.
The squadron the bomber belongs to.
353rd Bomb Squadron
The date of the bomber's crash.
1944-06-27
The reason for the bomber's crash.
Jäger
The place the bomber targeted.
Budapest Rakos
The place where the bomber crashed.
Budapest
Coordinates of the site the bomber was last seen at.
47°40'N, 19°40'E
The city or village the bomber was last seen at.
Ungarn
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.

Map of related places

The Crew

Name Rank Function Destiny
Clark, Jack R. Sgt Gunner 3 Rtd
Hoskins, Mark H. 2nd Lt Co-Pilot 0
Lepoutre, Jacques J. S/Sgt Gunner 1 0
Luckey, John A. 2nd Lt Navigator 0
McGee, Hugh J. 2nd Lt Pilot Rtd
Milligan, Charles B. S/Sgt Gunner 2 0
Plante, Maurice J. Sgt Gunner 5 Rtd
Rackov, Daniel Sgt Gunner 4 0
Rzeszotarski, Albin J. 2nd Lt Bombardier 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-00276.html)