About the Airplane

The Missing Air Crew Reports No.
12367
The type of the plane.
B-24J
The plane ID.
42-51627
The name of the plane.
Merle
The squadron the bomber belongs to.
759th Bomb Squadron
The date of the bomber's crash.
1945-02-22
The reason for the bomber's crash.
Flak
The place the bomber targeted.
Wörgl
The place where the bomber crashed.
Bolzano
Coordinates of the site the bomber was last seen at.
46°45'N, 12°15'E
The city or village the bomber was last seen at.
Südtirol
The country or county the bomber was last seen at.
Time of the day the bomber was last seen at.
11:53
Time of the crash.
Comments.

Map of related places

The Crew

Name Rank Function Destiny
Baldwin, Richard S. 2nd Lt Navigator EUS
Brown, Edward J. Sgt Gunner 3 Rtd
Coe, Frederick H. 2nd Lt Pilot KIA
Hoffman, Kenneth D. F/O Co-Pilot KIA
Levine, Jules Sgt Gunner 2 Rtd
McCarthy, John J. Sgt Gunner 4 Rtd
Mulvaney, John J. Cpl Gunner 1 KIA
Wooden, Meryle L. S/Sgt Gunner 5 Rtd
Wunderlich, Henry J. Sgt Gunner 6 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-00817.html)