About the Airplane
- The Missing Air Crew Reports No.
- 5186
- The type of the plane.
- P-38
- The plane ID.
- 42-67446
- The name of the plane.
- The squadron the bomber belongs to.
- 49th Fighter Squadron
- The date of the bomber's crash.
- 1944-05-24
- The reason for the bomber's crash.
- Unbekannt
- The place the bomber targeted.
- Wiener Neustadt
- The place where the bomber crashed.
- Siegenfeld
- Coordinates of the site the bomber was last seen at.
- The city or village the bomber was last seen at.
- Friedberg
- The country or county the bomber was last seen at.
- Time of the day the bomber was last seen at.
- 10:30
- Time of the crash.
- Comments.
- Der Pilot ging in einen Sturzflug über um fünf ME 110 abzufangen. Als der Verband sich nach dem Kampfeinsatz wieder sammelte, fehlte die Maschine.
Map of related places
The Crew
| Name | Rank | Function | Destiny |
|---|---|---|---|
| Penning, John H. | 2nd Lt | Pilot | 0 |
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-00203.html)