About the Airplane

The Missing Air Crew Reports No.
16500
The type of the plane.
B-24
The plane ID.
42-95285
The name of the plane.
The squadron the bomber belongs to.
512th Bomb Squadron
The date of the bomber's crash.
1945-01-08
The reason for the bomber's crash.
technischer Fehler
The place the bomber targeted.
Linz
The place where the bomber crashed.
Adria
Coordinates of the site the bomber was last seen at.
44°45'N, 15°00'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.
Time of the crash.
Comments.

Map of related places

The Crew

Name Rank Function Destiny
Dumm, Richard C. 2nd Lt Navigator Rtd
Harden, Gerald L. S/Sgt Gunner 3 KIA
Holt, Jack D. T/Sgt Gunner 2 KIA
Loewenthal, Ralph H. S/Sgt Gunner 7 Rtd
Martin, Kenneth F. 2nd Lt Co-Pilot Rtd
McDermott, John E. S/Sgt Gunner 6 KIA
Messing, Gerard S/Sgt Gunner 4 DOI
Scott, Philipp R. 2nd Lt Pilot Rtd
Snipes, Oscar T/Sgt Gunner 1 EUS
Walker, Colby G. S/Sgt Gunner 5 EUS
Walker, Robert C. 2nd Lt Bombardier 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-00970.html)