About the Airplane
- The Missing Air Crew Reports No.
- 8738
- The type of the plane.
- B-17G
- The plane ID.
- 44-6256
- The name of the plane.
- The squadron the bomber belongs to.
- 340th Bomb Squadron
- The date of the bomber's crash.
- 1944-09-20
- The reason for the bomber's crash.
- Flak
- The place the bomber targeted.
- Budapest
- The place where the bomber crashed.
- Rabrovo
- Coordinates of the site the bomber was last seen at.
- 46°44'N, 10°02'E
- The city or village the bomber was last seen at.
- ?
- The country or county the bomber was last seen at.
- Time of the day the bomber was last seen at.
- 12:57
- Time of the crash.
- Comments.
- Partisanen
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The Crew
| Name | Rank | Function | Destiny |
|---|---|---|---|
| Birkes, Dennis L. | 2nd Lt | Co-Pilot | Rtd |
| Calabro, Peter | S/Sgt | Gunner 5 | KIA |
| DaFonte, Victor M. | T/Sgt | Gunner 2 | Rtd |
| Furcht, Raymond M. | 2nd Lt | Pilot | Rtd |
| Gambill, Walter P. | S/Sgt | Gunner 6 | Rtd |
| Huffman, Clifton E. | Sgt | Gunner 4 | Rtd |
| Milligan, Joseph H. | S/Sgt | Gunner 1 | Rtd |
| Olson, Robert E. | T/Sgt | Gunner 3 | Rtd |
| Smith, Raymond F. | 2nd Lt | Navigator | Rtd |
| Wolfe, Nicholas J. | S/Sgt | Gunner 7 | 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-00540.html)