About the Airplane
- The Missing Air Crew Reports No.
- 9875
- The type of the plane.
- B-24G
- The plane ID.
- 42-78413
- The name of the plane.
- The squadron the bomber belongs to.
- 760th Bomb Squadron
- The date of the bomber's crash.
- 1944-11-16
- The reason for the bomber's crash.
- Flak
- The place the bomber targeted.
- München
- The place where the bomber crashed.
- Salzburg
- Coordinates of the site the bomber was last seen at.
- The city or village the bomber was last seen at.
- Udine (I)
- 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.
- Die Maschine dürfte über München einen Flaktreffer erhalten haben und fiel hinter die Bomberformation zurück, ohne jedoch an Höhe zu verlieren. Das Flugzeug wurde das letzte Mal über Udine gesehen: hier könnte es sich um einen Fehler handeln, da der deutsche Abschussbericht einen Absturz bei Springedt (D) vermerkt und Melovidoff und Handa in Salzburg landeten.
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The Crew
| Name | Rank | Function | Destiny |
|---|---|---|---|
| Del Vecchio, Henry P. | Cpl | Gunner 4 | Rtd |
| Handa, James W. | Sgt | Gunner 1 | Rtd |
| Howard, Chester A. | 2nd Lt | Pilot | Rtd |
| Lennan, David R. | 2nd Lt | Bombardier | Rtd |
| Mathison, John T. | 2nd Lt | Navigator | Rtd |
| Melovidoff, Alexander S. | 2nd Lt | Co-Pilot | Rtd |
| Newman, Glen F. | Sgt | Gunner 5 | Rtd |
| O'Brien, James P. | Sgt | Gunner 2 | Rtd |
| Powell, Eugene M. | Sgt | Gunner 3 | Rtd |
| Stariknok, John 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-00627.html)