About the Airplane

The Missing Air Crew Reports No.
12492
The type of the plane.
B-17G
The plane ID.
44-6770
The name of the plane.
The squadron the bomber belongs to.
774th Bomb Squadron
The date of the bomber's crash.
1945-02-07
The reason for the bomber's crash.
technischer Fehler
The place the bomber targeted.
Wien
The place where the bomber crashed.
Keszthely
Coordinates of the site the bomber was last seen at.
46°40'N, 17°00'E
The city or village the bomber was last seen at.
Jugoslawien
The country or county the bomber was last seen at.
Time of the day the bomber was last seen at.
Time of the crash.
Comments.
Notlandung

Map of related places

The Crew

Name Rank Function Destiny
Brookhart, William G. T/Sgt Gunner 2 Rtd
Erkkila, Reino E. T/Sgt Gunner 1 Rtd
Fisher, William R. S/Sgt Gunner 3 Rtd
Grant, Elton C. S/Sgt Gunner 4 Rtd
Markelionis, Joseph J. 2nd Lt Bombardier Rtd
Mattison, Hobart D. 1st Lt Co-Pilot Rtd
Phillips, James C. 1st Lt Navigator Rtd
Rasmussen, Stuart E. 1st Lt Pilot Rtd
Smith, William J. S/Sgt Gunner 6 Rtd
Tucker, Donald R. S/Sgt Gunner 5 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-00841.html)