About the Airplane

The Missing Air Crew Reports No.
6400
The type of the plane.
B-24
The plane ID.
42-52241
The name of the plane.
The Rubber Check
The squadron the bomber belongs to.
741st Bomb Squadron
The date of the bomber's crash.
1944-06-26
The reason for the bomber's crash.
Jäger
The place the bomber targeted.
Moosbierbaum
The place where the bomber crashed.
Tulln
Coordinates of the site the bomber was last seen at.
The city or village the bomber was last seen at.
The country or county the bomber was last seen at.
Time of the day the bomber was last seen at.
Time of the crash.
Comments.
Das Flugzeug fiel hinter die Formation zurück und wurde von Jägern attackiert. Die Besatzung gelang es, abzuspringen, während das Flugzeug in Flammen zu Boden ging.

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The Crew

Name Rank Function Destiny
Bennett, Kenneth L. S/Sgt Gunner 4 Rtd
Jackson, Thornton H. 1st Lt Navigator Rtd
Kerr, Donald W. S/Sgt Gunner 6 Rtd
McCarthy, Paul A. 2nd Lt Pilot KIA
Miller, Charles W. 2nd Lt Bombardier Rtd
Moore, Hugh E. S/Sgt Gunner 2 Rtd
Rishko, Michael S/Sgt Gunner 5 Rtd
Shotwell, Edward O. T/Sgt Gunner 1 Rtd
Stover, Carl W. T/Sgt Gunner 3 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-00307.html)