About the Airplane

The Missing Air Crew Reports No.
5636
The type of the plane.
P-51
The plane ID.
43-24816
The name of the plane.
The squadron the bomber belongs to.
2nd Fighter Squadron
The date of the bomber's crash.
1944-05-30
The reason for the bomber's crash.
Unbekannt
The place the bomber targeted.
Wels
The place where the bomber crashed.
Aukental bei Aschbach
Coordinates of the site the bomber was last seen at.
The city or village the bomber was last seen at.
östlich Enns
The country or county the bomber was last seen at.
Time of the day the bomber was last seen at.
10:22
Time of the crash.
Comments.
Die Maschine befand sich auf einer Bomberbegleitmission und jagte einer Me109 hinterher. Er kehrte nicht zur Basis zurück.

Map of related places

The Crew

Name Rank Function Destiny
Alexander, Richard L. 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-00233.html)