About the Airplane

The Missing Air Crew Reports No.
8627
The type of the plane.
P-51
The plane ID.
42-103395
The name of the plane.
Carmichel
The squadron the bomber belongs to.
2nd Fighter Squadron
The date of the bomber's crash.
1944-08-31
The reason for the bomber's crash.
Jäger
The place the bomber targeted.
Rumänien
The place where the bomber crashed.
Szászrégen
Coordinates of the site the bomber was last seen at.
The city or village the bomber was last seen at.
Reghin
The country or county the bomber was last seen at.
Time of the day the bomber was last seen at.
10:15
Time of the crash.
Comments.
Das Flugzeug war Teil einer strafing mission gegen den Flugplatz bei Reghin. Dabei wurde das Flugzeug von zwei deutschen ME-109 attackiert und beschädigt. Der Pilot musste abspringen.

Map of related places

The Crew

Name Rank Function Destiny
Tomlinson, Frank E. 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-00539.html)