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)