About the Airplane
- The Missing Air Crew Reports No.
- 12918
- The type of the plane.
- B-24J
- The plane ID.
- 44-41065
- The name of the plane.
- The squadron the bomber belongs to.
- 757th Bomb Squadron
- The date of the bomber's crash.
- 1945-03-08
- The reason for the bomber's crash.
- technischer Fehler
- The place the bomber targeted.
- Novi Lasky (H)
- 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.
- Budapest
- The country or county the bomber was last seen at.
- Time of the day the bomber was last seen at.
- 08:30
- Time of the crash.
- Comments.
- Notlandung | Sowjetische Linien
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The Crew
| Name | Rank | Function | Destiny |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chomicki, Eugene R. | Sgt | Gunner 7 | 0 |
| Ewing, William M. | 2nd Lt | Navigator | Rtd |
| Hess, Leland J. | 2nd Lt | Pilot | 0 |
| Jones, Floyd S. | Cpl | Gunner 5 | 0 |
| McWhorter, Benjamin A. | Cpl | Gunner 2 | Rtd |
| Miller, Robert | Cpl | Gunner 4 | Rtd |
| Pierner, Richard A. | Cpl | Gunner 3 | 0 |
| Schlismann, William B. | 2nd Lt | Co-Pilot | 0 |
| Swanson, Chester A. | Sgt | Gunner 1 | Rtd |
| Tenney, Donald D. | Cpl | 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-00878.html)