the 4th and the 352nd fg's were flying P-51's, the 20th fg will have to check data may have flown the P-38. P-47's would of been from the 56th fg.
Fred follow up on the next days op the 8th AF two bomb groups really got hammered by two of the three Sturmgruppen, against the 303rd and 457th...
Greetings I have a copy of the operational map for the day the 361st fg was not alone in protecting the 445th bg, the 352nd and 4th fg for two...
Fred you know about the 1943 missions where the LW came up in force singles and twin engines during the Schweinfurth/Regensburg encounters and...
also JG 300 claimed 22 B-24's and 6 Mustangs to their tally for the Kassel mission.
lets see if this is confirmed Kalchmid scored a P-51 150 metres ostrand der Stadt gotha at 11.17hrs. KIA flying A-8/R2 blue 15 wrk nummer 681348....
as to Kassel LW sources state 31 Fw's lost. Leo was shot down by an Fw 190A-8/R2 by Leonard V.. Duane I sent Linda and her Father all the German...
remembering all.....good to hear from you Alex ~
the abundance of Wehrmacht truppen was in the region of France/Germany at this stage and they had to be poundd into oblivion // looks as though...
yes I know some of the folk at the web-site besdies the Facebook page. have helped with the Lw losses and claims over the years.
sadly no KG 40 book in print have you tried the Kracker ARchiv yet Skip ?
Fred another mission is July 7, 1944 the US 492nd bg was hit very very hard by Fw's and after this mission the 492nd bg became a night time unit...
Fred the Kassel missions on 9/27/44 where the 3 Sturmgruppen and air cover by I./JG 300 attacked the poor US 445th bg and nearly took them out...
just anoter some refits on U-Booten included a twin 3.7cm mount rearward and even some had a forward single 3.7cm mount, these were not actually...
Lovely Skip proud to own these two items in your KM colelction. last I heard when I was in for a hospital visit was Reinhard was not at all well....
have several episodes where the NZ's battled JG 301 of the Luftwaffe but no particualr dates. a NZ Tempie war diary would be nice to cross check...
the Ta ws junk the unit in III./NJG 3 the poor crew and craft could not make any interceptions due to a multitude of problems both radar and...
sad that 1945 is basically lost for the LW both day and night, due to the non-confirmation process working after November of 1944. I know that...
Fred this is marvelous and like Skip said an operations book would of been nice, tracking down the 406th nfs actually during the night in 1945....
Guys can anyone please point me in the direction of a pic or more of the units Mossies- night fighters during 1945, codes ? many thanks