About the Airplane

The Missing Air Crew Reports No.
11829
The type of the plane.
B-24G
The plane ID.
42-78393
The name of the plane.
The squadron the bomber belongs to.
745th Bomb Squadron
The date of the bomber's crash.
1945-01-31
The reason for the bomber's crash.
Treibstoffmangel
The place the bomber targeted.
Graz
The place where the bomber crashed.
Szilvágy
Coordinates of the site the bomber was last seen at.
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.
Time of the crash.
Comments.

Map of related places

The Crew

Name Rank Function Destiny
Beal, Harold R. S/Sgt Gunner 1 Rtd
Brunk, Billy J. S/Sgt Gunner 5 Rtd
Crider, Bruce L. S/Sgt Gunner 2 Rtd
Griffith, Edward A. 2nd Lt Bombardier Rtd
Holmes, John H. S/Sgt Gunner 4 Rtd
McClure, Robert B. S/Sgt Gunner 6 0
McFadden, Horace D. 2nd Lt Co-Pilot Rtd
McQuown, Floyd N. 1st Lt Pilot Rtd
Moran, John T. S/Sgt Gunner 3 Rtd
Peterson, Fred W. 1st Lt Navigator 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-00757.html)