About the Airplane

The Missing Air Crew Reports No.
10110
The type of the plane.
B-24H
The plane ID.
41-28967
The name of the plane.
The squadron the bomber belongs to.
780th Bomb Squadron
The date of the bomber's crash.
1944-12-02
The reason for the bomber's crash.
Flak
The place the bomber targeted.
Blechhammer
The place where the bomber crashed.
Rzeszow
Coordinates of the site the bomber was last seen at.
The city or village the bomber was last seen at.
Györ
The country or county the bomber was last seen at.
Time of the day the bomber was last seen at.
13:30
Time of the crash.
Comments.

Map of related places

The Crew

Name Rank Function Destiny
Blumenfeld, Julius Sgt Gunner 6 Rtd
Haight, Fulton W. 2nd Lt Navigator Rtd
Hardisty, Kenneth L. S/Sgt Gunner 4 Rtd
Jackeler, Gerald K. Sgt Gunner 5 Rtd
Long, James M. S/Sgt Gunner 2 Rtd
McMann, Kenneth O. Sgt Gunner 1 Rtd
Softy, Charles D. 2nd Lt Co-Pilot 0
Weaver, Harry M. S/Sgt Gunner 3 Rtd
Withington, Frederick B. 1st Lt Pilot Rtd

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-00660.html)