About the Airplane
- The Missing Air Crew Reports No.
- 10750
- The type of the plane.
- B-24G
- The plane ID.
- 42-78411
- The name of the plane.
- The squadron the bomber belongs to.
- 727th Bomb Squadron
- The date of the bomber's crash.
- 1944-12-26
- The reason for the bomber's crash.
- Flak
- The place the bomber targeted.
- Oswiecim
- The place where the bomber crashed.
- Vocin
- Coordinates of the site the bomber was last seen at.
- 46°00'N, 16°30'E
- The city or village the bomber was last seen at.
- Jugoslawien
- 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.
- Absturzort fraglich | Aus Jugoslawien zu den Alliierten evakuiert.
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The Crew
| Name | Rank | Function | Destiny |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brown, Lee R. | Cpl | Gunner 6 | 0 |
| Byrn, Collins P. | 2nd Lt | Pilot | Rtd |
| Davis, James A. | Cpl | Gunner 1 | 0 |
| Fischer, Seymour | F/O | Bombardier | 0 |
| Noack, Alfred | Cpl | Gunner 4 | 0 |
| Stone, Richard J. | Cpl | Gunner 3 | 0 |
| Strausser, Howard S. | 1st Lt | Navigator | Rtd |
| Weinstein, Irving | Cpl | Gunner 5 | 0 |
| Word, Marshall D. | Capt | Co-Pilot | Rtd |
| Wozniak, Stanislaus | Cpl | Gunner 2 | 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-00711.html)