About the Airplane
- The Missing Air Crew Reports No.
- 10698
- The type of the plane.
- B-24J
- The plane ID.
- 44-4272
- The name of the plane.
- Eightball
- The squadron the bomber belongs to.
- 759th Bomb Squadron
- The date of the bomber's crash.
- 1944-12-18
- The reason for the bomber's crash.
- Flak
- The place the bomber targeted.
- Oswiecim
- The place where the bomber crashed.
- Sanski Most
- Coordinates of the site the bomber was last seen at.
- 46°51'N, 16°51'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.
- 15:00
- Time of the crash.
- Comments.
- Partisanen
Map of related places
The Crew
| Name | Rank | Function | Destiny |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brown, Sylvester | 2nd Lt | Bombardier | Rtd |
| Champi, Almando H. | Sgt | Gunner 5 | Rtd |
| Foto, Joseph | Sgt | Gunner 4 | Rtd |
| Kutch, Edward F. | 2nd Lt | Navigator | EUS |
| Wilensky, Leo | 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-00698.html)