About the Airplane
- The Missing Air Crew Reports No.
- 13993
- The type of the plane.
- B-24H
- The plane ID.
- 42-52653
- The name of the plane.
- Sleepless Knights
- The squadron the bomber belongs to.
- 825th 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.
- Kecskemet
- Coordinates of the site the bomber was last seen at.
- The city or village the bomber was last seen at.
- Linz
- The country or county the bomber was last seen at.
- Time of the day the bomber was last seen at.
- 12:33
- Time of the crash.
- Comments.
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The Crew
| Name | Rank | Function | Destiny |
|---|---|---|---|
| Byford, Marshall L. | Cpl | Gunner 3 | Rmc |
| Carney, James | Cpl | Gunner 2 | Rmc |
| Christensen, Ralph N. | S/Sgt | Gunner 6 | Rmc |
| Edmondson, James H. | Cpl | Gunner 5 | Rmc |
| Gochenour, Joel G. | 2nd Lt | Navigator | Rtd |
| Pratt, Edward F. | Cpl | Gunner 1 | Rmc |
| Scott, Jack W. | 2nd Lt | Co-Pilot | Rmc |
| Smith, Glendon F. | Cpl | Gunner 4 | Rtd |
| Truesdell, Patrick K. | 2nd Lt | Pilot | RCM |
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-00945.html)