About the Airplane
- The Missing Air Crew Reports No.
- 6972
- The type of the plane.
- B-24H
- The plane ID.
- 41-2887
- The name of the plane.
- The squadron the bomber belongs to.
- 741st Bomb Squadron
- The date of the bomber's crash.
- 1944-07-21
- The reason for the bomber's crash.
- Flak
- The place the bomber targeted.
- Most
- The place where the bomber crashed.
- Boroynica
- Coordinates of the site the bomber was last seen at.
- 46°51'N, 13°35'E
- The city or village the bomber was last seen at.
- nördl. Spittal/Drau
- The country or county the bomber was last seen at.
- Time of the day the bomber was last seen at.
- 13:19
- Time of the crash.
- 13:30
- Comments.
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The Crew
| Name | Rank | Function | Destiny |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakanauskas, Sam | 1st Lt | Bombardier | Rtd |
| Bramson, Edward S. | 2nd Lt | Gunner 2 | Rtd |
| Brniak, Thaddeus | 1st Lt | Navigator | Rtd |
| Crim, William R. | 1st Lt | Gunner 1 | 0 |
| Curtiss, Perry L. | S/Sgt | Gunner 4 | 0 |
| Lanford, Horace W. | Maj | Pilot | Rtd |
| Loiocano, Carl R. | T/Sgt | Gunner 5 | Rtd |
| Ludwig, William J. | S/Sgt | Gunner 6 | Rtd |
| Markoski, Arthur G. | S/Sgt | Gunner 7 | 0 |
| Nixon, Lewis D. | 2nd Lt | Co-Pilot | 0 |
| Siemon, Vincent F. | T/Sgt | Gunner 3 | 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-00406.html)