Author Topic: spit14 vs. p38? (Read 6513 times)

HoHun · « **Reply #75 on:** October 08, 2003, 07:46:46 AM »

Hi Furball,

>Rest of it may be true but no way a 1940's brit would speak like that! Especially a Wing Commander!

I thought the same :-) But he might have made an ironic remark implying the same challenge, and Lowell just "translated" it into American.

I'd also assume that Lowell changed the name of the wing commander - that seems to have been very common for books published early after the war and wouldn't really hurt the credibility of this story.

Regards,

Henning (HoHun)

HoHun · « **Reply #76 on:** October 08, 2003, 07:54:06 AM »

Hi Dune,

>My grandfather, 1st Lt. David Williams, was part of the 384th FS/364th FG.

Thanks for the info and the links!

>He's told me about the duel.

Did he mention whether it happened while he was serving with the squadron? We have been unable to put a date on Lowell's Fw 190 encounter so far.

>My grandfather arrived with the Group in April. The 364th started the change from -38's (J's) to P-51's in July of 1944. According the Group's history, the first full flight with P-51D's was 27 Jul 44.

Good info! :-)

Regards,

Henning (HoHun)

Dune · « **Reply #77 on:** October 08, 2003, 08:07:40 PM »

Hohun, the duel I was talking about was the one w/ the Spitfire pilot.

However, in the Group history, Lowell mentions the fight w/ Galland:

"I had many 'violent missions' including my P-38 fight against a long nose FW-109 (I'm assuming this is a typo, regretably there are several in the book) just before our switch from P-38's to P-51's. (Which would make it early summer 1944). In 1987 at our American Fighter Aces' convention, I met a top German ace, General Adolf Galland, who remembered that flight. I got many strikes on him but he got none on me. It was NE of Hannover, Germany where he led me into a 500' deep large tar pit. I got low on fuel and had to leave. He waggled his wings at me and went the other way. Thirty-two US aces heard him say, 'You SOB, you damn near keel me dat day.'."

BTW, if you have any other questions about the 364th, let me know.

BGBMAW · « **Reply #78 on:** October 09, 2003, 02:30:39 AM »

dam after the 4th or 5th post..

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HoHun · « **Reply #79 on:** October 09, 2003, 04:43:02 AM »

Hi Dune,

>Hohun, the duel I was talking about was the one w/ the Spitfire pilot.

Ah, thanks, I had misunderstood the reference! :-)

>However, in the Group history, Lowell mentions the fight w/ Galland:

Yes, that's exactly the one Guppy and I had been analyzing!

Regards,

Henning (HoHun)