About the Airplane

The Missing Air Crew Reports No.
9022
The type of the plane.
B-24D
The plane ID.
42-78877
The name of the plane.
The squadron the bomber belongs to.
66th Bomb Squadron
The date of the bomber's crash.
1943-10-01
The reason for the bomber's crash.
Jäger
The place the bomber targeted.
Wiener Neustadt
The place where the bomber crashed.
Blumau
Coordinates of the site the bomber was last seen at.
The city or village the bomber was last seen at.
Wr. Neustadt
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.

Map of related places

The Crew

Name Rank Function Destiny
Callahan, Arthur W. F/O Co-Pilot Rtd
Dunn, Robert F. 2nd Lt Bombardier KIA
Gutshall, Earnest J. S/Sgt Gunner 1 Rtd
Hobson, Thomas B. 1st Lt Pilot Rtd
Hyde, Thomas I. 1st Lt Navigator Rtd
Kallal, Lawrence B. S/Sgt Gunner 5 KIA
Millward, Warren F. S/Sgt Gunner 6 KIA
Popovich, Nicholas S/Sgt Gunner 3 Rtd
Tuttle, Richard E. T/Sgt Gunner 4 Rtd
Williams, Richard H. T/Sgt Gunner 2 KIA

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-00551.html)