Re: Lt Urban Drews kill list?
 

okay, think it was the BV 238, think he got it as a staffing kill (story I had read said it was a "kill")

believe he thought it was a BV 222, only finding out much later it was a BV 238

(at the time, thought it was funny, 3 or 4 planes attacked, but Drew got the kill)

(read about in a WWII Mag, the main story was the fight with the 262's, with a side bar story about the attack on the BV 238)

(should of been in Sept of 44)

Re: Lt Urban Drews kill list?
 

H_S - whatever the story was about, the only 8th AF VCB ground score award to Drew was the aforementioned He 111K.

Re: Lt Urban Drews kill list?
 

Hi,

once again here is a link to history page of 361 FG website

http://www.361fg.com/Hist.htm

and it mentions the flying boat incident as taking place on September 17. By the way, Stan Stokes made a wonderful painting depicting this incident called A big victory

http://www.military-art.com/mall/more.php?ProdID=12132

Jan

Re: Lt Urban Drews kill list?
 

On Sept 18, the 375 FS of 361st FG scored as follows per 8th AF VCB

Drew He 111 (gnd)
Rogers (.5) BV 138 (gnd)
Travis (.5) BV 138 (gnd)

Re: Lt Urban Drews kill list?
 

Hello
in old Aeroplane Monthly (sometimes early 90s IIRC) there was an article on the 18th Sept strafing of a big 6 engined flying boat but the conclusion was that the flying boat was a ex French, IIRC Laté 523, not BV 238. Conclusion was based on interviews of German witnesses

Juha