About the Airplane
- The Missing Air Crew Reports No.
- 11292
- The type of the plane.
- B-24J
- The plane ID.
- 42-51715
- The name of the plane.
- Sugar Baby
- The squadron the bomber belongs to.
- 745th Bomb Squadron
- The date of the bomber's crash.
- 1945-01-15
- The reason for the bomber's crash.
- technischer Fehler
- The place the bomber targeted.
- Floridsdorf
- The place where the bomber crashed.
- Kecskemet
- Coordinates of the site the bomber was last seen at.
- 48°00'N, 17°25'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.
- 12:40
- Time of the crash.
- Comments.
Map of related places
The Crew
| Name | Rank | Function | Destiny |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dieterle, Arthur F. | T/Sgt | Gunner 1 | Rtd |
| Edwards, Roger G. | T/Sgt | Gunner 2 | Rtd |
| Gaffin, Morton | 1st Lt | Navigator | Rtd |
| Hastings, Robert L. | S/Sgt | Gunner 5 | Rtd |
| Jones, Robert G. | 1st Lt | Co-Pilot | Rtd |
| Kunko, Anthony R. | S/Sgt | Gunner 4 | Rtd |
| Leinauer, Clarence E. | S/Sgt | Gunner 3 | Rtd |
| Lynch, Robert F. | S/Sgt | Gunner 6 | Rtd |
| Mask, Kenneth J. | 1st Lt | Pilot | Rtd |
| Redler, Edward A. | 1st Lt | Bombardier | 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-00735.html)