About the Airplane
- The Missing Air Crew Reports No.
- 9133
- The type of the plane.
- B-24J
- The plane ID.
- 42-51840
- The name of the plane.
- No Excuse
- The squadron the bomber belongs to.
- 778th Bomb Squadron
- The date of the bomber's crash.
- 1944-10-13
- The reason for the bomber's crash.
- Flak
- The place the bomber targeted.
- Blechhammer
- The place where the bomber crashed.
- Komorn (mglw. auf slow. Seite)
- Coordinates of the site the bomber was last seen at.
- The city or village the bomber was last seen at.
- Blechhammer
- The country or county the bomber was last seen at.
- Time of the day the bomber was last seen at.
- 11:20
- Time of the crash.
- 12:30
- Comments.
Map of related places
The Crew
| Name | Rank | Function | Destiny |
|---|---|---|---|
| Donnelly, Ralph E. | F/O | Navigator | Rtd |
| Hardy, Charles T. | S/Sgt | Gunner 4 | Rtd |
| Holt, John | Pvt | Gunner 2 | Rtd |
| Lepich, Walter J. | S/Sgt | Gunner 3 | Rtd |
| Masselli, Nicholas W. | T/Sgt | Gunner 1 | Rtd |
| Nelson, Robert R. | 2nd Lt | Co-Pilot | Rtd |
| Portugal, Decoroso M. | S/Sgt | Gunner 5 | Rtd |
| Price, William A. | 2nd Lt | Pilot | Rtd |
| Sommers, Virgil N. | 2nd Lt | Bombardier | Rtd |
| Williams, Earl R. | S/Sgt | Gunner 6 | 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-00578.html)