About the Airplane
- The Missing Air Crew Reports No.
- 7969
- The type of the plane.
- B-24H
- The plane ID.
- 41-28842
- The name of the plane.
- The squadron the bomber belongs to.
- 830th Bomb Squadron
- The date of the bomber's crash.
- 1944-08-22
- The reason for the bomber's crash.
- Flak
- The place the bomber targeted.
- Wien
- The place where the bomber crashed.
- Banja Luka
- Coordinates of the site the bomber was last seen at.
- The city or village the bomber was last seen at.
- Banja Luka
- The country or county the bomber was last seen at.
- Time of the day the bomber was last seen at.
- Time of the crash.
- Comments.
- Flucht
Map of related places
The Crew
| Name | Rank | Function | Destiny |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brockel, Frank J. | S/Sgt | Gunner 3 | Rtd |
| Brown, Clifford L. | S/Sgt | Gunner 4 | Rtd |
| Gallagher, Frank E. | 1st Lt | Navigator | EUS |
| Hasenfuss, Herschel L. | S/Sgt | Gunner 5 | Rtd |
| Hoadley, Leon W. | S/Sgt | Gunner 6 | Rtd |
| Landrum, Donald B. | T/Sgt | Gunner 2 | EUS |
| Martin, Garnis | T/Sgt | Gunner 1 | EUS |
| McGilvray, Lawrence D. | 1st Lt | Co-Pilot | EUS |
| Rutstein, Oscar | 2nd Lt | Bombardier | EUS |
| Tuttle, Edwin C. | 1st Lt | Pilot | 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-00495.html)