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Thanks Peter, it helps a bit. Crash site of 42-78334 -although not known exactly- was also located in Hungary, but far from the 2 mentioned villages... So let's think again... Thanks,

Gabor

Loss of 42-7737:

"MISS LEE DING"; Delivered to Bruning 18 Oct. '43, assigned to Isgrigg's crew. Demise: Downed 6/26/44 with Sullivan's crew aboard. 2 KIA, 8 Evaded. Tail #60, then Tail #75; serial #42-07737. {Circumstances of Loss. On 26 June 1944, the 449th attacked the aircraft factory at Schwechat, Austria. Over the target, the Group encountered "intense, accurate, heavy flak" which damaged 26 aircraft. As they emerged from the flak field, Lt. Sullivan and his copilot struggled to maintain control of ship #75 as the number-1 engine refused to feather after being knocked out by flak. As ship #75 begin to fall astern the formation, ships #67 and #15 also dropped out of formation to form an escort. The three ships formed up and began trailing behind the 449th formation. No enemy fighters spotted the three stragglers. An hour later, ships #67 and #15 handed off the escort job to a formation of friendly fighters. Ship #75, still unable to feather the number-1 engine could not make it back across the Adriatic Sea to Italy. Sullivan's crew bailed out over Yugoslavia.} ...

B-24H "44-7737" abandoned near Adriatic Coast according to the Yugoslav losses site of Schenck.

Regards,

Leendert

Thanks a lot... I think I have found the crashed plane at the villages of Kaptalafa-Szentimrefalva (10 POW): It was pobably 'Tony Gayle', 450. BG, 41-29221, black '49'... According to its MACR, the plane was last seen at 09.45 near Lake Balaton... Left formation due to mechanical problems... Target at Scwechat (Austria, on the Hungarian border) was bombed by the group 6 minutes later at 09.51... 450. BG saw 3 B-24 crashes due to flak hits at 09.52, 09.55 and 10.11 near and after the target. So 'Tony Gayle' was gone by that time - near Lake Balaton. Mechanical failure usually gave enough time for the crews to leave their ship. They left indeed, 10 people landed safely and got captured according to the police report near Kaptalanfa-Szentimrefalva, just north of Lake Balaton, Hungary. Not Austria. Thanks,

Gabor