About the Airplane

The Missing Air Crew Reports No.
7124
The type of the plane.
B-17G
The plane ID.
42-102913
The name of the plane.
The squadron the bomber belongs to.
15th USAAF 361 32
The date of the bomber's crash.
1944-07-26
The reason for the bomber's crash.
Jäger
The place the bomber targeted.
Wiener Neudorf
The place where the bomber crashed.
Ratten
Coordinates of the site the bomber was last seen at.
47°35'N, 15°44'E
The city or village the bomber was last seen at.
Mürzzuschlag
The country or county the bomber was last seen at.
Time of the day the bomber was last seen at.
11:10
Time of the crash.
Comments.

Map of related places

The Crew

Name Rank Function Destiny
Birch, Edward J. S/Sgt Gunner 5 DED
Childers, James M. S/Sgt Gunner 3 DED
Hanifin, Eugene C. T/Sgt Gunner 2 DED
Ingersoll, Gordon H. 2nd Lt Co-Pilot EUS
Kennedy, Thomas J. 2nd Lt Bombardier DED
Kurtz, Sanford I. T/Sgt Gunner 6 DED
Nicoll, Frederick W. T/Sgt Gunner 1 DED
Sharkey, William W. 2nd Lt Navigator EUS
Sullivan, John L. 2nd Lt Pilot EUS
Wimberley, John P. Cpl Gunner 4 DED

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-00433.html)