About the Airplane

The Missing Air Crew Reports No.
12390
The type of the plane.
B-24H
The plane ID.
41-28952
The name of the plane.
The squadron the bomber belongs to.
743rd Bomb Squadron
The date of the bomber's crash.
1944-07-27
The reason for the bomber's crash.
Jäger
The place the bomber targeted.
Ungarn
The place where the bomber crashed.
Budapest
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.
10:05
Time of the crash.
Comments.

Map of related places

The Crew

Name Rank Function Destiny
Andrews, J. C. S/Sgt Gunner 6 KIA
Brown, Edwin L. S/Sgt Gunner 1 POW
Brown, Thomas M. T/Sgt Gunner 2 POW
Buchholz, Charles F. 1st Lt Co-Pilot POW
Edgington, Paul D. S/Sgt Gunner 3 MIA
Frederickson, Charles B. 1st Lt Navigator POW
Gray, Artie H. S/Sgt Gunner 4 POW
Hawkins, John W. 1st Lt Bombardier POW
Kaleck, George E. S/Sgt Gunner 7 KIA
Ogg, Dick E. S/Sgt Gunner 5 POW
Potucek, Eugene D. 2nd Lt Pilot KIA

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-00818.html)