"Mighty Eighth" guys - lend me a hand?

[Scherf]

Hello All:

I'm trying to help a German researcher mate of mine identify the USAAF aircraft involved in an air combat on December 5, 1944, around 1 pm.

A 262 pilot claimed to have shot down a B-17 in the area NW of Rheine airfield. So far as I can determine, it was B-24s raiding Muenster that day, with the 17s hitting Berlin. Not sure about the relevant routes to & from.

I'm trawling through MACRs, but given the possibility that the bomber may not have gone down (USAAF chronology on-line says no Libs were lost from the Muenster raid), is anyone aware of a bomber which was damaged by a jet at about the right place and time?

Cheers,

Scherf

[CAP1]

Hello All:

I'm trying to help a German researcher mate of mine identify the USAAF aircraft involved in an air combat on December 5, 1944, around 1 pm.

A 262 pilot claimed to have shot down a B-17 in the area NW of Rheine airfield. So far as I can determine, it was B-24s raiding Muenster that day, with the 17s hitting Berlin. Not sure about the relevant routes to & from.

I'm trawling through MACRs, but given the possibility that the bomber may not have gone down (USAAF chronology on-line says no Libs were lost from the Muenster raid), is anyone aware of a bomber which was damaged by a jet at about the right place and time?

Cheers,

Scherf

check here.......

http://www.mightyeighth.org/

you might be able to find someone there with some helpful information.


good luck.

<<S>>

[Scherf]

Thanks for that - have narrowed it down a touch but still no clear answer.

[Scherf]

43-38693 of the 91st Bomb Group.

(Of course, that's based on the evidence to hand....)