About the Airplane
- The Missing Air Crew Reports No.
- 9445
- The type of the plane.
- B-24H
- The plane ID.
- 42-95352-A
- The name of the plane.
- Irish Lassie
- The squadron the bomber belongs to.
- 344th Bomb Squadron
- The date of the bomber's crash.
- 1944-10-16
- The reason for the bomber's crash.
- technischer Fehler
- The place the bomber targeted.
- St. Valentin / Steyr
- The place where the bomber crashed.
- Zagreb / Cazma
- Coordinates of the site the bomber was last seen at.
- 48°09'N, 14°50'E
- The city or village the bomber was last seen at.
- nördlich Amstetten
- The country or county the bomber was last seen at.
- Time of the day the bomber was last seen at.
- 11:15
- Time of the crash.
- Comments.
Map of related places
The Crew
| Name | Rank | Function | Destiny |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cox, Bryan D. | S/Sgt | Gunner 6 | Rtd |
| Cox, Levi P. | S/Sgt | Gunner 1 | Rtd |
| Ellwood, Robert F. | Sgt | Gunner 5 | Rtd |
| Fusco, Edmund J. | F/O | Navigator | Rtd |
| Gensel, William C. | Sgt | Gunner 2 | Rtd |
| Gibson, Lloyd E. | 2nd Lt | Bombardier | 0 |
| Gray, William J. | 2nd Lt | Co-Pilot | 0 |
| Hanus, Frank J. | Sgt | Gunner 4 | Rtd |
| Scott, Samuel W. | 2nd Lt | Pilot | 0 |
| Vogel, John D. | Sgt | Gunner 3 | 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-00604.html)