About the Airplane

The Missing Air Crew Reports No.
1143
The type of the plane.
B-24
The plane ID.
42-72891
The name of the plane.
The squadron the bomber belongs to.
344th Bomb Squadron
The date of the bomber's crash.
1943-11-02
The reason for the bomber's crash.
Flak
The place the bomber targeted.
Wiener Neustadt
The place where the bomber crashed.
Pöttsching
Coordinates of the site the bomber was last seen at.
The city or village the bomber was last seen at.
Nähe Wr. Neustadt
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
Bonnet, Fred C. S/Sgt Gunner 3 Rmc
Chalk, William R. 2nd Lt Bombardier DED
Davis, Frederick A. 2nd Lt Co-Pilot DED
Egan, Edward F. 2nd Lt Navigator DED
Fleischbein, Fred A. Sgt Gunner 5 KIA
Fulwiker, Harold D. T/Sgt Gunner 1 Rmc
Jeffries, French S. 2nd Lt Pilot DED
Rickard, Charles J. S/Sgt Gunner 4 DED
Rowe, Gordon A. T/Sgt Gunner 2 EUS
Wolfe, Lawrence G. S/Sgt Gunner 6 EUS

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-00018.html)