About the Airplane

The Missing Air Crew Reports No.
4747
The type of the plane.
B-17G
The plane ID.
42-97551
The name of the plane.
The squadron the bomber belongs to.
772nd Bomb Squadron
The date of the bomber's crash.
1944-05-10
The reason for the bomber's crash.
Flak
The place the bomber targeted.
Wiener Neustadt
The place where the bomber crashed.
Neunkirchen
Coordinates of the site the bomber was last seen at.
48°00'N, 27°16'E
The city or village the bomber was last seen at.
Ungarn
The country or county the bomber was last seen at.
Time of the day the bomber was last seen at.
11:02
Time of the crash.
11:20
Comments.

Map of related places

The Crew

Name Rank Function Destiny
Amthor, Edwin L. 2nd Lt Co-Pilot Rtd
Cox, John L. S/Sgt Gunner 4 Rtd
Kort, Clayton M. 2nd Lt Pilot Rtd
Lehman, Ross B. 2nd Lt Bombardier Rtd
Lory, Edward D. T/Sgt Gunner 2 Rtd
Moore, Calope W. T/Sgt Gunner 1 Rtd
Parsons, William R. 2nd Lt Navigator Rtd
Purzycki, Thaddeus C. S/Sgt Gunner 6 Rtd
Yanez, Louis A. S/Sgt Gunner 5 Rtd
Zemgulis, Stanley W. S/Sgt Gunner 3 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-00183.html)