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)