About the Airplane

The Missing Air Crew Reports No.
6828
The type of the plane.
P-51
The plane ID.
43-6463
The name of the plane.
The squadron the bomber belongs to.
15th USAAF 4th Fighter 335th Fighter
The date of the bomber's crash.
1944-07-19
The reason for the bomber's crash.
Jäger
The place the bomber targeted.
München
The place where the bomber crashed.
Fischbach am Inn
Coordinates of the site the bomber was last seen at.
The city or village the bomber was last seen at.
München
The country or county the bomber was last seen at.
Time of the day the bomber was last seen at.
10:00
Time of the crash.
10:30
Comments.
Die Maschine befand sich auf einem Begleitflug für eine Bomberformation und wurde dabei in einen Luftkampf mit einem einzelnen deutschen Jagdflugzeug verwickelt. Das Flugzeug wurde dabei getroffen - ein Geschoss verwundete Dahlen dabei tödlich am Kopf.

Map of related places

The Crew

Name Rank Function Destiny
Dahlen, Kermit O. 2nd Lt Pilot KIA

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-00377.html)