About the Airplane
- The Missing Air Crew Reports No.
- 10640
- The type of the plane.
- B-24H
- The plane ID.
- 42-50389
- The name of the plane.
- Little Butch 2
- The squadron the bomber belongs to.
- 727th Bomb Squadron
- The date of the bomber's crash.
- 1944-12-18
- The reason for the bomber's crash.
- Treibstoffmangel
- The place the bomber targeted.
- Blechhammer
- The place where the bomber crashed.
- Ort unbekannt
- Coordinates of the site the bomber was last seen at.
- 47°00'N, 17°05'E
- The city or village the bomber was last seen at.
- Ungarn
- The country or county the bomber was last seen at.
- Time of the day the bomber was last seen at.
- 13:15
- Time of the crash.
- Comments.
- Tschetniks
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The Crew
| Name | Rank | Function | Destiny |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blank, Harry A. | 2nd Lt | Pilot | Rtd |
| Ceely, William S. | S/Sgt | Gunner 6 | Rtd |
| Kelly, Richard B. | Cpl | Gunner 5 | Rtd |
| Koballa, Thomas E. | Cpl | Gunner 3 | Rtd |
| Mitchell, Robert P. | F/O | Navigator | Rtd |
| Otway, William A. | Cpl | Gunner 1 | Rtd |
| Owens, Keith D. | Cpl | Gunner 4 | Rtd |
| Rainey, William C. | Cpl | Gunner 2 | Rtd |
| Turk, John N. | 2nd Lt | Co-Pilot | 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-00690.html)