About the Airplane

The Missing Air Crew Reports No.
7308
The type of the plane.
P-51
The plane ID.
44-13446
The name of the plane.
The squadron the bomber belongs to.
307th Fighter Squadron
The date of the bomber's crash.
1944-07-30
The reason for the bomber's crash.
Friendly Fire
The place the bomber targeted.
Budapest
The place where the bomber crashed.
Budapest
Coordinates of the site the bomber was last seen at.
47°25'N, 18°32'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.
10:55
Time of the crash.
Comments.
Die Maschine wurde während eines Luftkampfes mit deutschen ME109 von einer eigenen P-38 abgeschossen. Der Pilot konnte mittels Fallschirm abspringen.

Map of related places

The Crew

Name Rank Function Destiny
Shipman, Ernest 1st Lt Pilot POW

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-00461.html)