About the Airplane

The Missing Air Crew Reports No.
9871
The type of the plane.
P-51
The plane ID.
44-14472
The name of the plane.
Mac's Lil Squaw
The squadron the bomber belongs to.
2nd Fighter Squadron
The date of the bomber's crash.
1944-11-19
The reason for the bomber's crash.
Objekte
The place the bomber targeted.
Veszprem
The place where the bomber crashed.
Veszprem
Coordinates of the site the bomber was last seen at.
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.
11:30
Time of the crash.
Comments.
Der Pilot befand sich auf einer strafing mission. Dabei dürfte das Flugzeug mit einem Hochseil kollidiert sein, es begann zu rauchen und stürzte schließlich ab. Der Pilot konnte sich per Fallschirm retten. Andere Flieger sahen wie der Pilot seinen Fallschirm zusammen sammelte und in den nahen Wald lief.

Map of related places

The Crew

Name Rank Function Destiny
Beard, John G. 1st Lt Pilot MIA

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-00624.html)