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The plane was shot down by Major Wolfgang Thimmig, 9./NJG 101. 8 of the crew bailed out in the Ulm area, the plane came down at Stubenheim southwest of Geislingen piloted by the ROp Sgt Redmond.
Details in the TOCH thread „Lost B-17 on 6 september 1943“, 13 March 2011.

Regards
Leo

Theo Boiten

7th September 2019 15:01

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Hello Leo,

Great series of photos, but I believe that Thimmig claimed another a/c shot down on 6 September 1943, here's the entry in the Nachtjagd Combat Archive series:

Maj. Wolfgang Thimmig Stab III./NJG101 B-17 2 km SW Plüderhausen near Waiblingen: 6.000 m. 10.55 B-17F 42-30300 ‘Hell-N-Back’ 95 BG/334 BS. Note: claim not listed in OKL/RLM Stab III./NJG101 Confirmed Abschussübersicht. Maj. Thimmig noted in his Flugbuch: ‘120th ops. sortie, 6.9.43. 10.27-11.04, Tagjagd near Stutgart. 10.55 Abschuss of a Fortress-Boeing 2 km SW Plüderhausen near Waiblingen (claim not confirmed).’

Cheers, Theo

edwest2

8th September 2019 01:10

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edwest2

8th September 2019 02:54

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edwest2

9th September 2019 00:39

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edwest2

9th September 2019 00:41

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Note: In the above, two photos from mmrichter look familiar to me. I am not implying they are not authentic (as well as any others), just that I may have seen one published in Luftwaffe im Focus.

Ed

edwest2

12th September 2019 18:45

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