About the Airplane

The Missing Air Crew Reports No.
12914
The type of the plane.
B-17G
The plane ID.
44-6336
The name of the plane.
The squadron the bomber belongs to.
775th Bomb Squadron
The date of the bomber's crash.
1945-03-09
The reason for the bomber's crash.
Flak
The place the bomber targeted.
Graz
The place where the bomber crashed.
Graz
Coordinates of the site the bomber was last seen at.
47°04'N, 15°25'E
The city or village the bomber was last seen at.
Graz
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
Barber, Leo J. T/Sgt Gunner 1 KIA
Beningo, Raymond J. 2nd Lt Bombardier Rtd
Cumming, Neilson S/Sgt Gunner 6 Rtd
Enslin, Lester L. T/Sgt Gunner 3 Rtd
Hanley, Timothy L. 1st Lt Pilot EUS
Haugland, John C. 1st Lt Navigator Rtd
Kallembach, Eugene F. 2nd Lt Co-Pilot DOW
McAdams, Harold G. T/Sgt Gunner 2 Rtd
Rogiers, Alfred A. S/Sgt Gunner 5 Rmc
Thorsteinson, Valdimar R. S/Sgt Gunner 4 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-00877.html)