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)