About the Airplane

The Missing Air Crew Reports No.
6905
The type of the plane.
B-24H
The plane ID.
42-95372
The name of the plane.
The squadron the bomber belongs to.
777th Bomb Squadron
The date of the bomber's crash.
1944-07-16
The reason for the bomber's crash.
Jäger
The place the bomber targeted.
Wiener Neudorf
The place where the bomber crashed.
Andau
Coordinates of the site the bomber was last seen at.
47°50'N, 16°45'E
The city or village the bomber was last seen at.
Neusiedlersee
The country or county the bomber was last seen at.
Time of the day the bomber was last seen at.
10:25
Time of the crash.
Comments.

Map of related places

The Crew

Name Rank Function Destiny
Baird, George C. S/Sgt Gunner 5 KIA
Chucta, William H. T/Sgt Gunner 1 KIA
Clotiaux, Don A. S/Sgt Gunner 2 Rtd
Collins, George P. 2nd Lt Navigator EUS
Cranston, Garland A. S/Sgt Gunner 4 EUS
Duelberg, John H. T/Sgt Gunner 3 DED
Miller, Ruel H. 1st Lt Pilot KIA
Ravaschieri, Rocco 2nd Lt Bombardier Rmc
Shafer, Charles E. 1st Lt Co-Pilot Rmc
Styer, Martin R. S/Sgt Gunner 6 EUS

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-00391.html)