About the Airplane
- The Missing Air Crew Reports No.
- 6564
- The type of the plane.
- B-17G
- The plane ID.
- 42-31470
- The name of the plane.
- Old Shep
- The squadron the bomber belongs to.
- 429th Bomb Squadron
- The date of the bomber's crash.
- 1944-07-07
- The reason for the bomber's crash.
- technischer Fehler
- The place the bomber targeted.
- Blechhammer
- The place where the bomber crashed.
- St. Michael im Burgenland
- Coordinates of the site the bomber was last seen at.
- 48°37'N, 17°34'E
- The city or village the bomber was last seen at.
- Slowakei
- The country or county the bomber was last seen at.
- Time of the day the bomber was last seen at.
- 10:09
- Time of the crash.
- 11:00
- Comments.
- Nach Festnahme nach Graz gebracht (Thalerhof)
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The Crew
| Name | Rank | Function | Destiny |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beers, Peter B. | 2nd Lt | Co-Pilot | Rtd |
| Horton, Driskill B. | 1st Lt | Pilot | Rtd |
| Hurley, William P. | T/Sgt | Gunner 1 | Rtd |
| McAdam, Robert E. | 2nd Lt | Navigator | Rtd |
| Murphy, Raymond T. | S/Sgt | Gunner 3 | Rtd |
| Osborn, James D. | S/Sgt | Gunner 4 | Rtd |
| Schmitthenner, John W. | 2nd Lt | Bombardier | Rtd |
| Sodaro, Vincent J. | S/Sgt | Gunner 5 | Rtd |
| Stewart, Robert C. | T/Sgt | Gunner 6 | 0 |
| Ticknor, Floyd A. | S/Sgt | Gunner 2 | 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-00343.html)