About the Airplane

The Missing Air Crew Reports No.
6510
The type of the plane.
B-24G
The plane ID.
42-95281
The name of the plane.
The squadron the bomber belongs to.
762nd Bomb Squadron
The date of the bomber's crash.
1944-07-08
The reason for the bomber's crash.
Flak
The place the bomber targeted.
Wien
The place where the bomber crashed.
Marchegg
Coordinates of the site the bomber was last seen at.
48°20'N, 16°30'E
The city or village the bomber was last seen at.
nördlich Wien
The country or county the bomber was last seen at.
Time of the day the bomber was last seen at.
10:38
Time of the crash.
11:45
Comments.

Map of related places

The Crew

Name Rank Function Destiny
Agee, Charles H. S/Sgt Gunner 3 KIA
Bishop, Daniel J. 2nd Lt Navigator Rtd
Eagan, Buford W. 1st Lt Pilot KIA
Eno, Roy H. S/Sgt Gunner 5 KIA
Fox, Benjamin S/Sgt Gunner 4 Rmc
Newell, Eugene 2nd Lt Co-Pilot Rtd
O'Leary, Herbert M. T/Sgt Gunner 2 DED
Wasniewski, Richard L. S/Sgt Gunner 6 KIA
Williams, Charles M. 2nd Lt Bombardier Rtd
van Slyck, DeForest T/Sgt Gunner 1 DED

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-00338.html)