Luftwaffe Kill Credit Info Request

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Dwight Pruitt
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Luftwaffe Kill Credit Info Request

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Post by Dwight Pruitt » 07 Oct 2002, 05:49

I collect posthumous US Purple Heart Medals. On my website: http://www.lorwings.com/PurpleHearts/index.shtml , I try to tell the stories of the medals in my collection. One of these men, SSG Fred Howland, was a radio operator/aerial gunner on a B-17 from the 385th Bomb Group, 8th Air Force. His aircraft was shot down in the English Channel returning from a mission to Friedrichshafen on 24 April 1944. His aircraft was downed by two Bf-109 at approximately 3:55 PM near Calais, France. The plane's position at the time of the crash was 54* 02' north -01*30' east.

I'm trying to find out which, if any, Luftwaffe pilots were given credit for downing this particular aircraft.

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Dwight Pruitt

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Post by Andy H » 07 Oct 2002, 16:46

I have no exact information, only something to narrow the field somewhat.

Making a pressumption that the plane was downed by from a BF109 belonging to Luftflotte 3 (France, Belgium & Holland) then the following units were equipped with BF109's as of May1st 1944.

II/JG2
III/JG26
4.Staffel/Aufklarungsgruppe 123 (RECCON)
5.Staffel/Aufklarungsgruppe 123 (RECCON)
Nahaufklarungsgruppe 13

My educated guess would plumb for either JG2 or JG26

:D Andy from the Shire


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Post by Erich » 07 Oct 2002, 17:48

Andy :

I answered this on the Feldgrau forum yesterday. Waldemar Radener of JG 26 flying an Fw 190, over Roubaix. It is the only claim over France this date. All other's were over Deutschland proper.

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