About the Airplane
- The Missing Air Crew Reports No.
- 12713
- The type of the plane.
- P-38
- The plane ID.
- 43-28739
- The name of the plane.
- Big Joe
- The squadron the bomber belongs to.
- 71st Fighter Squadron
- The date of the bomber's crash.
- 1945-03-04
- The reason for the bomber's crash.
- technischer Fehler
- The place the bomber targeted.
- Sopron
- The place where the bomber crashed.
- Sisak
- Coordinates of the site the bomber was last seen at.
- The city or village the bomber was last seen at.
- Slowenien
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thaxton, Charles W. | LtCol | 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-00855.html)