About the Airplane

The Missing Air Crew Reports No.
205042
The type of the plane.
Wellington
The plane ID.
JA 127
The name of the plane.
The squadron the bomber belongs to.
No. 142 Squadron
The date of the bomber's crash.
1944-04-17
The reason for the bomber's crash.
Unbekannt
The place the bomber targeted.
Budapest
The place where the bomber crashed.
Alsonemedi
Coordinates of the site the bomber was last seen at.
The city or village the bomber was last seen at.
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
Boden, John Stuart F/Sgt Navigator RAAF
Hitchcock, Clifford Royston F/Sgt Bombardier RAF
James, Fred Edmond WO Gunner 1 RAAF
Stunt, Douglas Francis F/Sgt Co-Pilot RAF
Turley, Kenneth John F/Sgt Pilot RAF
Wood, James Edward F/Sgt Gunner 2 RAF

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-01010.html)