About the Airplane
- The Missing Air Crew Reports No.
- 12942
- The type of the plane.
- B-24M
- The plane ID.
- 44-50480
- The name of the plane.
- The squadron the bomber belongs to.
- 746th Bomb Squadron
- The date of the bomber's crash.
- 1945-03-15
- The reason for the bomber's crash.
- technischer Fehler
- The place the bomber targeted.
- Floridsdorf
- The place where the bomber crashed.
- Kaposvar
- Coordinates of the site the bomber was last seen at.
- 48°16'N, 26°24'E
- The city or village the bomber was last seen at.
- Tschechien
- 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.
- Alle Crewmitglieder in sowjetischem Gewahrsam.
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The Crew
| Name | Rank | Function | Destiny |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buckler, Herman J. | 2nd Lt | Pilot | KIA |
| Butrymowicz, John F. | Sgt | Gunner 2 | Rtd |
| Harding, Fred C. | Cpl | Gunner 3 | Rtd |
| Jarvis, Harold W. | 1st Lt | Bombardier | Rtd |
| Lindley, Granville P. | Sgt | Gunner 1 | Rtd |
| Mackey, Paul L. | Cpl | Gunner 6 | Rtd |
| Puch, Herschel G. | Cpl | Gunner 7 | Rtd |
| Rosemeyer, Arnold J. | 1st Lt | Co-Pilot | Rmc |
| Stern, Paul | Sgt | Gunner 5 | Rtd |
| Weber, John | F/O | Navigator | Rtd |
| Whitten, Charles R. | Cpl | Gunner 4 | Rmc |
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-00881.html)