CC, however Angus is asking about a specific shoot-down in 1943. Ack-Ack then connects that to a 1942 kill in two separate posts. So it's not a typo. It's an error. No big deal; just wanted it clarified that the Army Air Force didn't sit on their collective tulips for over a year in the ETO before scoring a kill.
If it was the shoot down that occured on August 14, 1943, he's got the names incorrect for the US pilots. 2nd Lt. Elza Shahan of the 27th Fighter Squadron flying a P-38F and Joseph Shaffer of the 33rd Squadron flying a either a P-40C or a P-39 were credited for shooting down a Condor on that date over Iceland.If that is indeed the wreck of that shoot down, it is a very special find. It was the first Luftwaffe kill for the US and Shahan is credited for scoring the first kill for the P-38 in the ETO.ack-ack
No. He tried to "correct" the names of the US pilots, clearly referring to the original post.Angus asked about a specific shoot-down in 1943. How can you connect that to a 1942 event, write 1943 and call it a typo? Did you mean to write 1942 in both your posts? If so, why were you writing about a 1942 event and even "correcting" the original author on "he's got the names incorrect for the US pilots" when the original author was writing about a 1943 event? Sorry for being pedantic, but that's not a typo.
Not a hijack. I was clarifying that the event Ack-Ack wrote about was not the same as the event the original poster asked about. It was not just a typo, it was a completely different event that had nothing to do with Angus' Condor. Clearly on topic.
Ack, meet DieHard. DieHard, meet Ack.You two will get along well.Sarcasm above.
