About the Airplane
- The Missing Air Crew Reports No.
- 12475
- The type of the plane.
- B-24J
- The plane ID.
- 44-48993
- The name of the plane.
- The squadron the bomber belongs to.
- 765th Bomb Squadron
- The date of the bomber's crash.
- 1945-02-21
- The reason for the bomber's crash.
- Flak
- The place the bomber targeted.
- Wien
- The place where the bomber crashed.
- Kecskemet
- Coordinates of the site the bomber was last seen at.
- The city or village the bomber was last seen at.
- Wien
- 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.
- Notlandung | Sowjetische Linien
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The Crew
| Name | Rank | Function | Destiny |
|---|---|---|---|
| Christie, George | T/Sgt | Gunner 2 | Rtd |
| Hazel, James R. | S/Sgt | Gunner 1 | Rtd |
| Hendrickson, Robert H. | 2nd Lt | Navigator | Rtd |
| Hill, Albert G. | Sgt | Gunner 7 | Rtd |
| Marshall, Clarence P. | 1st Lt | Co-Pilot | Rtd |
| Martin, Kenneth R. | Sgt | Gunner 6 | Rtd |
| McMillen, Dewey E. | 2nd Lt | Pilot | Rtd |
| Nagy, Louis W. | Sgt | Gunner 3 | Rtd |
| Solecki, Frank C. | Sgt | Gunner 4 | Rmc |
| Veilleux, Philip R. | Sgt | Gunner 5 | 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-00836.html)