Re: ID two Bf109s destroyed on 29 May 1944
 

Thank you, Pierre, for posting your findings. I think, as you say, this appears to have resolved the incident, although not as one would have wished.

There seems to be little doubt that the Fighter Command War Diaries is in error in stating the incident occurred 40 miles south of the Isle of Wight.

It will be interesting to see if a Combat Report has survived given that the entries in the 275 (ASR) Squadron ORB indicate the Typhoons had indeed destroyed two Mustangs. Thinking about it one would have thought this information would have found its way back to 183 Squadron, but that does not appear to have been the case.

For completeness I'll copy this to the RAFCommands thread.

Regards - and thanks again

Brian

Re: ID two Bf109s destroyed on 29 May 1944
 

Re: ID two Bf109s destroyed on 29 May 1944
 

Not sure what this is meant to indicate.

Edit. On first accessing the link the page that came up was one which simply recorded the two American airmen's details, but more recently it's come up with the ArmyAirforces forum but I still can't find an entry for this incident. Probably just me!

Second edit: All sorted.

Re: ID two Bf109s destroyed on 29 May 1944
 

Last month I reactivated the old 2005 thread that NUPPOL found about the two American pilots on the ArmyAirForces.com of World War forum. The responses have proved interesting, but today a contributor posted a photograph of Lt James Lynch - which brings us a bit closer to the end of the story.

The thread and photo are at http://forum.armyairforces.com/Lt-Ja...54.aspx#241400

Brian