About the Airplane

The Missing Air Crew Reports No.
13986
The type of the plane.
B-24L
The plane ID.
44-49905
The name of the plane.
The squadron the bomber belongs to.
780th Bomb Squadron
The date of the bomber's crash.
1945-04-25
The reason for the bomber's crash.
Flak
The place the bomber targeted.
Linz
The place where the bomber crashed.
Pecs
Coordinates of the site the bomber was last seen at.
47°37'N, 14°34'E
The city or village the bomber was last seen at.
Admont
The country or county the bomber was last seen at.
Time of the day the bomber was last seen at.
13:37
Time of the crash.
Comments.
Notlandung in sowjetischem Gebiet

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The Crew

Name Rank Function Destiny
Anderson, Wallace R. T/Sgt Gunner 2 Rtd
Carter, Robert D. 1st Lt Co-Pilot Rtd
Diederichs, Francis D. 2nd Lt Bombardier Rtd
Harriman, Gerald W. 1st Lt Navigator Rtd
Herndon, James W. S/Sgt Gunner 5 Rtd
Nickler, Carlyle P. S/Sgt Gunner 3 Rtd
Nightman, Fred S. S/Sgt Gunner 6 Rtd
Page, Calvin A. T/Sgt Gunner 1 Rtd
Shreve, William G. 1st Lt Pilot Rtd
Wood, Donald E. S/Sgt Gunner 4 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-00939.html)