About the Airplane

The Missing Air Crew Reports No.
8619
The type of the plane.
B-17G
The plane ID.
44-6412
The name of the plane.
The squadron the bomber belongs to.
817th Bomb Squadron
The date of the bomber's crash.
1944-09-13
The reason for the bomber's crash.
Unbekannt
The place the bomber targeted.
Blechhammer
The place where the bomber crashed.
Polen
Coordinates of the site the bomber was last seen at.
47°23'N, 17°42'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.
13:30
Time of the crash.
Comments.
Polnischer Untergrund

Map of related places

The Crew

Name Rank Function Destiny
Barry, William N. S/Sgt Gunner 6 Rtd
Beam, Harold E. S/Sgt Gunner 2 0
Hansler, Richard L. 2nd Lt Navigator Rtd
Kroschewsky, Gus J. 2nd Lt Bombardier Rtd
Nance, Philip M. S/Sgt Gunner 3 Rtd
Robson, Everette J. 2nd Lt Pilot Rtd
Sternbeck, Gordon W. S/Sgt Gunner 5 Rtd
Stock, Harold R. 2nd Lt Co-Pilot 0
Suhling, Aloys C. Sgt Gunner 4 Rtd
vanOostrom, Albert W. S/Sgt Gunner 1 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-00534.html)