About the Airplane

The Missing Air Crew Reports No.
9588
The type of the plane.
P-38
The plane ID.
44-23192
The name of the plane.
Wild Willie
The squadron the bomber belongs to.
95th Fighter Squadron
The date of the bomber's crash.
1944-11-01
The reason for the bomber's crash.
Flak
The place the bomber targeted.
Wien
The place where the bomber crashed.
Vép
Coordinates of the site the bomber was last seen at.
The city or village the bomber was last seen at.
Szombathely
The country or county the bomber was last seen at.
Time of the day the bomber was last seen at.
13:45
Time of the crash.
Comments.

Map of related places

The Crew

Name Rank Function Destiny
Hawthorne, William J. 1st Lt Pilot FOD

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-00606.html)