About the Airplane
- The Missing Air Crew Reports No.
- 8530
- The type of the plane.
- B-24H
- The plane ID.
- 41-28817
- The name of the plane.
- The squadron the bomber belongs to.
- 744th Bomb Squadron
- The date of the bomber's crash.
- 1944-06-13
- The reason for the bomber's crash.
- Flak
- The place the bomber targeted.
- München
- The place where the bomber crashed.
- Vipiteno
- Coordinates of the site the bomber was last seen at.
- 47°35'N, 12°20'E
- The city or village the bomber was last seen at.
- Kufstein
- The country or county the bomber was last seen at.
- Time of the day the bomber was last seen at.
- 10:30
- Time of the crash.
- Comments.
Map of related places
The Crew
| Name | Rank | Function | Destiny |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bond, Walter D. | 1st Lt | Bombardier | 0 |
| Boyd, James O. | S/Sgt | Gunner 7 | Rtd |
| Chudzynski, Eugene J. | 2nd Lt | Gunner 1 | Rtd |
| Foxwothy, Boyd L. | S/Sgt | Gunner 6 | Rtd |
| Griffin, Ralph O. | 1st Lt | Co-Pilot | 0 |
| Lambert, Henry R. | 1st Lt | Pilot | 0 |
| Merchant, William S. | S/Sgt | Gunner 3 | Rtd |
| Nelson, Aubrey O. | 1st Lt | Navigator | 0 |
| Reinholz, Arnold H. | T/Sgt | Gunner 4 | Rtd |
| Shipperley, Richard W. | S/Sgt | Gunner 2 | 0 |
| Stoeppler, William M. | S/Sgt | Gunner 5 | Rtd |
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-00533.html)