About the Airplane

The Missing Air Crew Reports No.
5407
The type of the plane.
P-51
The plane ID.
43-6764
The name of the plane.
The squadron the bomber belongs to.
4th Fighter Squadron
The date of the bomber's crash.
1944-05-29
The reason for the bomber's crash.
Jäger
The place the bomber targeted.
Wiener Neustadt
The place where the bomber crashed.
Kirchberg am Wechsel
Coordinates of the site the bomber was last seen at.
The city or village the bomber was last seen at.
Kirchberg
The country or county the bomber was last seen at.
Time of the day the bomber was last seen at.
10:20
Time of the crash.
Comments.
Der Pilot griff eine deutsche ME-110 an und wurde dabei vom Bordschützen des deutschen Flugzeuges getroffen. Der Pilot musste abdrehen und sich per Fallschirm aus der Maschine retten. Er landete sicher am Boden und wurde gefangen genommen.

Map of related places

The Crew

Name Rank Function Destiny
Gross, Norman C. 1st Lt Pilot 0

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-00211.html)