About the Airplane
- The Missing Air Crew Reports No.
- 12071
- The type of the plane.
- B-24J
- The plane ID.
- 42-50752
- The name of the plane.
- The squadron the bomber belongs to.
- 776th Bomb Squadron
- The date of the bomber's crash.
- 1945-02-07
- The reason for the bomber's crash.
- technischer Fehler
- The place the bomber targeted.
- Wien
- The place where the bomber crashed.
- Pag (Insel)
- Coordinates of the site the bomber was last seen at.
- The city or village the bomber was last seen at.
- Szil (H)
- The country or county the bomber was last seen at.
- Time of the day the bomber was last seen at.
- 14:30
- Time of the crash.
- Comments.
- Partisanen
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The Crew
| Name | Rank | Function | Destiny |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clark, Gordon K. | Cpl | Gunner 6 | Rtd |
| Dembeck, Raymond A. | S/Sgt | Gunner 4 | Rtd |
| Hoffman, Merle H. | 2nd Lt | Pilot | Rtd |
| Mahota, William J. | F/O | Navigator | Rtd |
| Reedy, Eugene G. | Cpl | Gunner 2 | Rtd |
| Ruppert, Kenneth E. | S/Sgt | Gunner 5 | Rtd |
| Trotter, Carroll D. | F/O | Co-Pilot | Rtd |
| Weber, Alfred H. | S/Sgt | Gunner 3 | Rtd |
| Weisberger, William | 2nd Lt | Bombardier | Rtd |
| Williams, Samuel E. | S/Sgt | Gunner 1 | 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-00773.html)