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)