About the Airplane

The Missing Air Crew Reports No.
7142
The type of the plane.
B-17G
The plane ID.
44-6168
The name of the plane.
The squadron the bomber belongs to.
32nd Bomb Squadron
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.
Strallegg
Coordinates of the site the bomber was last seen at.
47°34'N, 15°43'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.
11:05
Time of the crash.
11:10
Comments.

Map of related places

The Crew

Name Rank Function Destiny
Anderson, Eugene H. S/Sgt Gunner 4 DED
Chesney, Gilbert J. T/Sgt Gunner 1 DED
Delonnay, Ralph C. 1st Lt Pilot DED
Demos, George S/Sgt Gunner 3 EUS
Fulton, Roscoe G. S/Sgt Gunner 6 KIA
Kerr, Paul M. 2nd Lt Co-Pilot DED
Kuhn, Jack S. 2nd Lt Bombardier DED
Massey, Bobbie L. 2nd Lt Navigator DED
Salasek, Joseph K. T/Sgt Gunner 2 DED
Stark, Melvin R. S/Sgt Gunner 5 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-00443.html)