About the Airplane
- The Missing Air Crew Reports No.
- 6565
- The type of the plane.
- B-17G
- The plane ID.
- 42-97351
- The name of the plane.
- The squadron the bomber belongs to.
- 20th Bomb Squadron
- The date of the bomber's crash.
- 1944-07-07
- The reason for the bomber's crash.
- Jäger
- The place the bomber targeted.
- Blechhammer
- The place where the bomber crashed.
- Klizska Nema
- Coordinates of the site the bomber was last seen at.
- 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.
- 10:00
- Time of the crash.
- Comments.
Map of related places
The Crew
| Name | Rank | Function | Destiny |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burks, Reese N. | 1st Lt | Co-Pilot | DNB |
| Cardone, Martino | T/Sgt | Gunner 1 | POW |
| Cash, Joseph B. | Cpl | Gunner 5 | KIA |
| Fleming, Frank P. | 2nd Lt | Navigator | POW |
| Garnett, Henry W. | S/Sgt | Gunner 3 | KIA |
| McQuade, Philip J. | Sgt | Gunner 2 | KIA |
| Miller, Michael R. | 2nd Lt | Bombardier | MIA |
| O'Neill, Henry F. | S/Sgt | Gunner 6 | KIA |
| Tomlinson, Harold T. | 1st Lt | Pilot | POW |
| Wolfe, Robert S. | Sgt | Gunner 4 | 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-00344.html)