About the Airplane
- The Missing Air Crew Reports No.
- 6961
- The type of the plane.
- B-17G
- The plane ID.
- 44-6270
- The name of the plane.
- The squadron the bomber belongs to.
- 414th Bomb Squadron
- The date of the bomber's crash.
- 1944-07-16
- The reason for the bomber's crash.
- Flak
- The place the bomber targeted.
- Wien
- The place where the bomber crashed.
- Payerbach (Kohlberg)
- Coordinates of the site the bomber was last seen at.
- 48°10'N, 16°30'E
- The city or village the bomber was last seen at.
- Schwechat
- The country or county the bomber was last seen at.
- Time of the day the bomber was last seen at.
- 10:43
- Time of the crash.
- 10:50
- Comments.
Map of related places
The Crew
| Name | Rank | Function | Destiny |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brown, Clair H. | Sgt | Gunner 6 | 0 |
| Cooper, Leo W. | Sgt | Gunner 4 | 0 |
| Damron, Joseph W. | 2nd Lt | Bombardier | Rtd |
| Gray, Charles | 2nd Lt | Co-Pilot | Rtd |
| Haase, Milton | 2nd Lt | Pilot | 0 |
| Haviland, Lawrence D. | S/Sgt | Gunner 2 | Rtd |
| Lotesto, Nicholas W. | Sgt | Gunner 3 | Rtd |
| Patterson, Harold E. | 2nd Lt | Navigator | Rtd |
| Pugh, Paul F. | Sgt | Gunner 5 | Rtd |
| Sellers, Ola W. | T/Sgt | Gunner 1 | 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-00400.html)