About the Airplane

The Missing Air Crew Reports No.
13072
The type of the plane.
P-38
The plane ID.
44-25053
The name of the plane.
The squadron the bomber belongs to.
15th USAAF 34th Fighter 49th Fighter
The date of the bomber's crash.
1945-03-18
The reason for the bomber's crash.
Flak
The place the bomber targeted.
Varaszdin
The place where the bomber crashed.
Spielfeld
Coordinates of the site the bomber was last seen at.
46°38'N, 15°40'E
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.
Time of the crash.
Comments.

Map of related places

The Crew

Name Rank Function Destiny
Small, Richard M. 2nd Lt Pilot DOW

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-00901.html)