About the Airplane

The Missing Air Crew Reports No.
12108
The type of the plane.
B-24J
The plane ID.
42-95922
The name of the plane.
The squadron the bomber belongs to.
736th Bomb Squadron
The date of the bomber's crash.
1945-02-14
The reason for the bomber's crash.
Flak
The place the bomber targeted.
Floridsdorf
The place where the bomber crashed.
Wien
Coordinates of the site the bomber was last seen at.
The city or village the bomber was last seen at.
Wien-Floridsdorf
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.
Das Flugzeug wurde schwer von Flak getroffen, konnte sich zunächst in der Formation halten, ehe es zu Boden ging.

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The Crew

Name Rank Function Destiny
Bender, Albert 2nd Lt Gunner 2 KIA
Brody, Alvin S. 2nd Lt Co-Pilot KIA
Bucholtz, Donald J. T/Sgt Gunner 3 KIA
Fry, Richard E. Capt Pilot KIA
Haws, Robert S. S/Sgt Gunner 4 EUS
Jensen, Robert H. 1st Lt Gunner 1 EUS
Kincaid, Harry B. T/Sgt Gunner 5 DOW
Kulhanek, Earl E. S/Sgt Gunner 7 KIA
Mars, Russell E. S/Sgt Gunner 8 EUS
Shephard, Jonathan W. F/O Navigator KIA
Slyder, Robert C. 2nd Lt Bombardier EUS
Stanton, Edward J. S/Sgt Gunner 6 EUS

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-00794.html)