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)