About the Airplane

The Missing Air Crew Reports No.
15547
The type of the plane.
B-24D
The plane ID.
41-4806
The name of the plane.
The squadron the bomber belongs to.
345th Bomb Squadron
The date of the bomber's crash.
1943-06-13
The reason for the bomber's crash.
Kollision
The place the bomber targeted.
Catania
The place where the bomber crashed.
Mittelmeer / Adria
Coordinates of the site the bomber was last seen at.
35°55'N, 18°20'E
The city or village the bomber was last seen at.
Jugoslawien
The country or county the bomber was last seen at.
Time of the day the bomber was last seen at.
14:35
Time of the crash.
Comments.

Map of related places

The Crew

Name Rank Function Destiny
Berry, Rex 1st Lt Bombardier KIA
Brice, Winston R. S/Sgt Gunner 4 KIA
Cox, Don F. 1st Lt Navigator KIA
Donaghy, Henry J. S/Sgt Gunner 5 KIA
Ivie, William A. T/Sgt Gunner 2 KIA
Loe, Martin W. S/Sgt Gunner 3 KIA
Stone, William C. Capt Pilot KIA
Thornburg, Paul D. T/Sgt Gunner 1 KIA
Verhagen, Donald R. 2nd Lt Co-Pilot KIA

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-00966.html)