About the Airplane
- The Missing Air Crew Reports No.
- 11699
- The type of the plane.
- B-17G
- The plane ID.
- 42-102908
- The name of the plane.
- The squadron the bomber belongs to.
- 96th Bomb Squadron
- The date of the bomber's crash.
- 1944-08-20
- The reason for the bomber's crash.
- Jäger
- The place the bomber targeted.
- The place where the bomber crashed.
- Balassagyarmat
- Coordinates of the site the bomber was last seen at.
- The city or village the bomber was last seen at.
- Polen
- The country or county the bomber was last seen at.
- Time of the day the bomber was last seen at.
- 11:04
- Time of the crash.
- Comments.
- Die Maschine wurde in der Formation von deutschen ME109 angegriffen, sackte zurück und stürzte schließlich ab. Die Besatzung konnte sich aus der Maschine retten.
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The Crew
| Name | Rank | Function | Destiny |
|---|---|---|---|
| Erickson, Kenneth D. | 1st Lt | Navigator | POW |
| Facer, Don M. | 1st Lt | Co-Pilot | POW |
| Flood, Raymond E. | Sgt | Gunner 3 | POW |
| Kirk, James R. | S/Sgt | Gunner 2 | POW |
| Lambert, Robert N. | 1st Lt | Pilot | POW |
| Lang, James I. | T/Sgt | Gunner 1 | POW |
| Larson, Robert S. | T/Sgt | Gunner 6 | POW |
| Nargiso, Joseph | S/Sgt | Gunner 5 | POW |
| Robinson, Charles S. | S/Sgt | Gunner 4 | POW |
| Wilson, Thomas M. | 1st Lt | Bombardier | POW |
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-00746.html)