About the Airplane

The Missing Air Crew Reports No.
2587
The type of the plane.
B-24
The plane ID.
42-52206
The name of the plane.
The squadron the bomber belongs to.
513rd Bomb Squadron
The date of the bomber's crash.
1944-02-23
The reason for the bomber's crash.
Jäger
The place the bomber targeted.
Steyr
The place where the bomber crashed.
Marchtrenk
Coordinates of the site the bomber was last seen at.
48°10'N, 14°02'E
The city or village the bomber was last seen at.
Wels
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
Buonanno, Pasquale S/Sgt Gunner 6 EUS
Callow, John E. S/Sgt Gunner 1 EUS
Gibbons, Henry B. Capt Pilot KIA
Graves, William E. 2nd Lt Bombardier EUS
Holman, Dean O. S/Sgt Gunner 5 EUS
Jaffe, Lester 2nd Lt Navigator EUS
Kearns, John W. T/Sgt Gunner 2 EUS
Ruttenberg, Morris S/Sgt Gunner 7 EUS
Solow, Michael J. 2nd Lt Co-Pilot KIA
Stupar, William J. Sgt Gunner 4 EUS
Wick, Raymond R. S/Sgt Gunner 3 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-00040.html)