About the Airplane
- The Missing Air Crew Reports No.
- 6314
- The type of the plane.
- B-24H
- The plane ID.
- 42-52140
- The name of the plane.
- The squadron the bomber belongs to.
- 716th Bomb Squadron
- The date of the bomber's crash.
- 1944-06-09
- The reason for the bomber's crash.
- Flak
- The place the bomber targeted.
- Porto Marghera
- The place where the bomber crashed.
- Koralpe
- Coordinates of the site the bomber was last seen at.
- 47°55'N, 12°30'E
- The city or village the bomber was last seen at.
- Deutschland
- The country or county the bomber was last seen at.
- Time of the day the bomber was last seen at.
- 09:47
- Time of the crash.
- Comments.
- Die Maschine fiel beim Angriff auf das Ausweichziel hinter die Formation zurück. Das Führungsflugzeug konnte die Geschwindigkeit des Verbandes nicht mehr verlangsamen, daher scherte der Pilot aus und versuchte alleine Richtung Süden zu fliegen. Über der Koralpe musste die Besatzung schließlich abspringen. Die gesamte Crew überlebte.
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The Crew
| Name | Rank | Function | Destiny |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bauman, Frank R. | 2nd Lt | Co-Pilot | Rtd |
| Braxton, Thomas J. | Sgt | Gunner 2 | Rtd |
| Collins, James P. | 2nd Lt | Pilot | Rtd |
| Cunningham, Francis C. | Sgt | Gunner 5 | Rtd |
| Lacey, Robert R. | 2nd Lt | Navigator | Rtd |
| Szablinski, John R. | S/Sgt | Gunner 7 | Rtd |
| Thomases, George | S/Sgt | Gunner 3 | Rtd |
| Traugh, Donald G. | Sgt | Gunner 4 | Rtd |
| Tunstill, Jesse A. | 2nd Lt | Bombardier | Rtd |
| Vossen, Bernard J. | Sgt | Gunner 6 | Rtd |
| Wood, Nathan L. | Sgt | Gunner 1 | 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-00282.html)