About the Airplane

The Missing Air Crew Reports No.
12099
The type of the plane.
B-17G
The plane ID.
44-6689
The name of the plane.
The squadron the bomber belongs to.
429th Bomb Squadron
The date of the bomber's crash.
1945-02-21
The reason for the bomber's crash.
Flak
The place the bomber targeted.
Wien
The place where the bomber crashed.
Györ
Coordinates of the site the bomber was last seen at.
The city or village the bomber was last seen at.
Györ
The country or county the bomber was last seen at.
Time of the day the bomber was last seen at.
13:15
Time of the crash.
Comments.

Map of related places

The Crew

Name Rank Function Destiny
Bull, Eugene F. 1st Lt Pilot 0
Fifield, Lewis E. T/Sgt Gunner 1 Rtd
Frazer, Harold E. 2nd Lt Co-Pilot Rtd
Freestone, Clyde T. S/Sgt Gunner 3 Rtd
Gilleece, John S/Sgt Gunner 4 Rtd
Killian, Jesse A. T/Sgt Gunner 6 Rtd
Krejsa, Robert C. 2nd Lt Bombardier Rtd
Martin, William E. S/Sgt Gunner 2 Rtd
Runnell, Ted J. T/Sgt Gunner 5 DOW
Specker, John R. 2nd 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-00790.html)