About the Airplane
- The Missing Air Crew Reports No.
- 10490
- The type of the plane.
- B-24J
- The plane ID.
- 44-41162
- The name of the plane.
- Stumpy Joe
- The squadron the bomber belongs to.
- 765th Bomb Squadron
- The date of the bomber's crash.
- 1944-11-20
- The reason for the bomber's crash.
- technischer Fehler
- The place the bomber targeted.
- Blechhammer
- The place where the bomber crashed.
- Garesnica
- Coordinates of the site the bomber was last seen at.
- The city or village the bomber was last seen at.
- Balaton
- The country or county the bomber was last seen at.
- Time of the day the bomber was last seen at.
- 14:20
- Time of the crash.
- Comments.
- Tito-Partisanen.
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The Crew
| Name | Rank | Function | Destiny |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bettinger, Arthur W. | Cpl | Gunner 6 | Rtd |
| Boles, Bates | 2nd Lt | Bombardier | 0 |
| Boyce, Wayne W. | Cpl | Gunner 2 | Rtd |
| Bryant, Joe R. | Cpl | Gunner 1 | Rtd |
| Hart, William C. | F/O | Navigator | 0 |
| Hughes, Arthur L. | 2nd Lt | Pilot | 0 |
| Large, Dewey E. | Cpl | Gunner 3 | Rtd |
| Meifert, Douglas | Cpl | Gunner 4 | Rtd |
| Scanlon, Robert L. | Cpl | Gunner 5 | Rtd |
| Shaffer, Dorance R. | S/Sgt | Gunner 7 | Rtd |
| Wager, Leonard W. | 2nd Lt | Co-Pilot | 0 |
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-00681.html)