About the Airplane

The Missing Air Crew Reports No.
7144
The type of the plane.
B-24H
The plane ID.
42-95366
The name of the plane.
The squadron the bomber belongs to.
760th Bomb Squadron
The date of the bomber's crash.
1944-07-26
The reason for the bomber's crash.
Unbekannt
The place the bomber targeted.
Zwölfaxing
The place where the bomber crashed.
Vis
Coordinates of the site the bomber was last seen at.
48°08'N, 16°28'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.
11:31
Time of the crash.
Comments.
Notlandung

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The Crew

Name Rank Function Destiny
Beam, Ralph E. 1st Lt Co-Pilot Rtd
Guilfoyle, Cornelius P. 1st Lt Navigator 0
Johnston, Carl S. T/Sgt Gunner 7 0
Lee, John W. Capt Pilot 0
McFall, Robert G. 1st Lt Bombardier Rtd
Schiffman, Norman W. T/Sgt Gunner 3 0
Wade, William J. S/Sgt Gunner 6 0
Wesling, Albert R. 1st Lt Gunner 1 0
Wilson, Bolin D. S/Sgt Gunner 5 Rtd
Yoerkie, Charles A. Sgt Gunner 4 0
Zimmerman, Carl J. T/Sgt Gunner 2 0

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-00445.html)