About the Airplane

The Missing Air Crew Reports No.
12455
The type of the plane.
B-24J
The plane ID.
42-50528
The name of the plane.
The squadron the bomber belongs to.
825th 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.
Pecs
Coordinates of the site the bomber was last seen at.
The city or village the bomber was last seen at.
Wien
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
Anderson, Robert F. 2nd Lt Bombardier Rtd
Cataldo, Joseph T/Sgt Gunner 4 Rtd
Cummins, James D. 2nd Lt Gunner 1 Rtd
Gross, John P. 2nd Lt Co-Pilot Rtd
Harford, Charles A. T/Sgt Gunner 3 Rtd
Lee, Gerald M. F/O Navigator 0
Marshall, Charles A. 2nd Lt Pilot Rtd
Powers, Robert D. S/Sgt Gunner 7 Rtd
Richmond, Robert R. S/Sgt Gunner 6 0
Sandberg, Glen L. S/Sgt Gunner 5 Rtd
Thompson, Clyde V. 2nd Lt Gunner 2 0

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-00822.html)