About the Airplane
- The Missing Air Crew Reports No.
- 13988
- The type of the plane.
- B-17G
- The plane ID.
- 44-6431
- The name of the plane.
- The squadron the bomber belongs to.
- 346th Bomb Squadron
- The date of the bomber's crash.
- 1945-04-25
- The reason for the bomber's crash.
- Flak
- The place the bomber targeted.
- Linz
- The place where the bomber crashed.
- Weitra
- Coordinates of the site the bomber was last seen at.
- 48°23'N, 14°48'E
- The city or village the bomber was last seen at.
- Königswiesen, nordöstlich Linz
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arney, Ercell C. | S/Sgt | Gunner 1 | Rtd |
| Bianchi, Ugo | S/Sgt | Gunner 6 | Rtd |
| Early, Bennett Z. | Cpl | Gunner 5 | Rtd |
| Freundt, Fredrick L. | S/Sgt | Gunner 3 | Rtd |
| Greenbaum, Donald | T/Sgt | Gunner 4 | Rtd |
| Johnson, Edwin E. | 2nd Lt | Co-Pilot | 0 |
| Margolis, Seymour | 2nd Lt | Navigator | EUS |
| Rice, Olan | S/Sgt | Gunner 7 | Rtd |
| Schwarz, Richard A. | 1st Lt | Pilot | 0 |
| Sosnoski, Roy C. | T/Sgt | Gunner 2 | 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-00941.html)