About the Airplane

The Missing Air Crew Reports No.
10920
The type of the plane.
B-24J
The plane ID.
41-29606
The name of the plane.
The squadron the bomber belongs to.
514th 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.
Floridsdorf
The place where the bomber crashed.
Wiener Neustadt
Coordinates of the site the bomber was last seen at.
46°58'N, 16°00'E
The city or village the bomber was last seen at.
Fehring
The country or county the bomber was last seen at.
Time of the day the bomber was last seen at.
11:28
Time of the crash.
12:35
Comments.
Die Maschine wurde von Flak-Geschossen getroffen und dabei das dritte Triebwerk sowie der Treibstofftank schwer beschädigt.

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The Crew

Name Rank Function Destiny
Bell, Vern C. 2nd Lt Co-Pilot Rtd
Blaise, Ernest I. T/Sgt Gunner 1 Rtd
Bumpus, Walter B. T/Sgt Gunner 2 Rtd
Butkereit, Paul A. F/O Navigator Rtd
Davis, Alan C. 2nd Lt Bombardier Rtd
Hargan, Donald J. S/Sgt Gunner 5 Rtd
Kemp, Granville G. 2nd Lt Pilot Rtd
McNeely, David E. S/Sgt Gunner 3 Rtd
Sawyer, Glenn E. S/Sgt Gunner 6 Rtd
Wasek, Marion S/Sgt Gunner 4 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-00720.html)