About the Airplane

The Missing Air Crew Reports No.
12748
The type of the plane.
B-24J
The plane ID.
42-52064
The name of the plane.
The squadron the bomber belongs to.
829th Bomb Squadron
The date of the bomber's crash.
1945-03-02
The reason for the bomber's crash.
Kollision
The place the bomber targeted.
Linz
The place where the bomber crashed.
Kössen
Coordinates of the site the bomber was last seen at.
47°35'N, 12°20'E
The city or village the bomber was last seen at.
Kuftstein, östlich
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
Broker, Walter L. S/Sgt Gunner 6 0
Fuccillo, George A. 2nd Lt Navigator KIA
Griffin, Albert C. 2nd Lt Gunner 1 0
Jones, Charles W. T/Sgt Gunner 2 0
Krueger, LaVern R. T/Sgt Gunner 3 0
Kuszler, Walter J. S/Sgt Gunner 5 0
Lambros, Peter D. S/Sgt Gunner 7 0
Magness, John N. S/Sgt Gunner 4 0
Michalaros, James 1st Lt Co-Pilot 0
Pooley, Karl W. 1st Lt Pilot 0
Welger, Adam L. 1st Lt Bombardier 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-00861.html)