About the Airplane

The Missing Air Crew Reports No.
2566
The type of the plane.
P-38
The plane ID.
42-67087
The name of the plane.
The squadron the bomber belongs to.
71st Fighter Squadron
The date of the bomber's crash.
1944-02-24
The reason for the bomber's crash.
technischer Fehler
The place the bomber targeted.
Steyr
The place where the bomber crashed.
Hieflau
Coordinates of the site the bomber was last seen at.
47°45'N, 14°45'E
The city or village the bomber was last seen at.
Palfau
The country or county the bomber was last seen at.
Time of the day the bomber was last seen at.
13:36
Time of the crash.
Comments.

Map of related places

The Crew

Name Rank Function Destiny
McKenzie, Burton E. LtCol Pilot POW

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-00032.html)