About the Airplane
- The Missing Air Crew Reports No.
- 7296
- The type of the plane.
- B-24G
- The plane ID.
- 42-78374
- The name of the plane.
- Big Wheeler Dealer
- The squadron the bomber belongs to.
- 778th Bomb Squadron
- The date of the bomber's crash.
- 1944-08-09
- The reason for the bomber's crash.
- Flak
- The place the bomber targeted.
- Budapest Tokol
- The place where the bomber crashed.
- Horthyiget
- Coordinates of the site the bomber was last seen at.
- 47°20'N, 19°03'E
- The city or village the bomber was last seen at.
- Ungarn
- The country or county the bomber was last seen at.
- Time of the day the bomber was last seen at.
- 11:14
- Time of the crash.
- Comments.
Map of related places
The Crew
| Name | Rank | Function | Destiny |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anderson, Theodore A. | 2nd Lt | Navigator | KIA |
| Brown, William J. | T/Sgt | Gunner 4 | Rmc |
| Carr, Patrick E. | S/Sgt | Gunner 2 | Rmc |
| Flanagan, George O. | 1st Lt | Pilot | Rmc |
| Floyd, William J. | S/Sgt | Gunner 6 | DED |
| Ford, Gerald V. | S/Sgt | Gunner 5 | Rmc |
| Frausel, Harris K. | 2nd Lt | Co-Pilot | Rmc |
| Lapinski, Stanley E. | T/Sgt | Gunner 3 | DED |
| McBeth, Wendell L. | T/Sgt | Gunner 1 | DED |
| McCown, Walter W. | 2nd Lt | Bombardier | 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-00457.html)