About the Airplane
- The Missing Air Crew Reports No.
- 4748
- The type of the plane.
- B-17G
- The plane ID.
- 42-97547
- The name of the plane.
- Princess Elisabeth
- 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.
- Papovac
- 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.
- 11:10
- Time of the crash.
- 12:30
- Comments.
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The Crew
| Name | Rank | Function | Destiny |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black, Ralph L. | S/Sgt | Gunner 4 | Rtd |
| Briner, Melvin H. | S/Sgt | Gunner 5 | Rtd |
| Brousseau, Kenneth W. | 2nd Lt | Navigator | Rtd |
| Coffey, Thomas J. | T/Sgt | Gunner 2 | Rtd |
| Hazen, Lee J. | T/Sgt | Gunner 1 | Rtd |
| Konieczny, Joseph R. | 2nd Lt | Co-Pilot | Rtd |
| Lewis, John L. | 2nd Lt | Bombardier | Rtd |
| Smithwick, Edward F. | 2nd Lt | Pilot | Rtd |
| Walp, Andrew S. | 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-00184.html)