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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: Scherf on September 05, 2009, 05:02:10 PM
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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
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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.
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Thanks for that - have narrowed it down a touch but still no clear answer.
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43-38693 of the 91st Bomb Group.
(Of course, that's based on the evidence to hand....)