About the Airplane
- The Missing Air Crew Reports No.
- 10602
- The type of the plane.
- B-24J
- The plane ID.
- 42-51421
- The name of the plane.
- Mission Belle
- The squadron the bomber belongs to.
- 780th Bomb Squadron
- The date of the bomber's crash.
- 1944-12-11
- The reason for the bomber's crash.
- Flak
- The place the bomber targeted.
- Wien
- The place where the bomber crashed.
- Wien
- Coordinates of the site the bomber was last seen at.
- The city or village the bomber was last seen at.
- Wien
- The country or county the bomber was last seen at.
- Time of the day the bomber was last seen at.
- 12:34
- Time of the crash.
- 12:34
- Comments.
- Die Maschine wurde über Wien von der Flak getroffen. Die Besatzung konnte sich mittels Fallschirmabsprung aus der Maschine retten.
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The Crew
| Name | Rank | Function | Destiny |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calabrese, August S. | 2nd Lt | Co-Pilot | KIA |
| Cohen, Herbert R. | 2nd Lt | Navigator | KIA |
| Davis, Leslie R. | S/Sgt | Gunner 2 | KIA |
| Larson, Vern L. | 1st Lt | Pilot | EUS |
| LeComte, George J. | S/Sgt | Gunner 6 | KIA |
| McKnight, Thomas E. | T/Sgt | Gunner 1 | EUS |
| Meyer, Erwin H. | Cpl | Gunner 7 | EUS |
| Orpikowski, Edward A. | S/Sgt | Gunner 5 | EUS |
| Pratt, Edwin K. | S/Sgt | Gunner 3 | EUS |
| Wilson, Edward C. | S/Sgt | Gunner 4 | EUS |
| Wilson, Robert M. | 2nd Lt | Bombardier | 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-00686.html)