B-24 Crashed near Gmunden Austria-Apr 25,1945

[johngreenman]

Pilot John W Greenman (St. Paul, Minn USA) and crew bailed out OK but no one has found the wreck.
The bomber was hit by flack on the final run towards Linz, Austria, dropped its bombs with only port side power still going.
After bailing out, the plane apparently continued on auto-pilot until it crashed somewhere near Gmunden, Austria...all this on April 25th, 1945.

Does anyone have any information or know how I can get more information about this bomber crash??

I'm writing for my uncle: John W. Greenman

sincerely,
John F. Greenman
jgreenman@gwi.net

[KM1957]

If you have access to footnote.com, the Missing Aircrew Report number is 13989.

Kent

[Alex Smart]

Hello John and Kent,
Just looked at the macr, and it would seem that the a/c 42-51636 had all motors in use after the crew had bailed.
Further the possibility that she may have been put on a heading for Switzerland.
This may help as map showing last sighted shows just North East of Linz.
Alex