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James A Pratt III

12th December 2011 22:07

L-5 victory

I think there was an L-5 crew in the last days of WW II in Europe that downed a Fi-156 with their .45 automatic pistols. Did this really happen? I am not sure. Thanks in advance.
i also think there was an occaition where a Bf 109 flew into the ground chasing one but, once again I am not sure.
thanks in advance.

kaki3152

13th December 2011 00:10

Re: L-5 victory

The incident with the .45 automatic was in Cornelius Ryan's book on the battle for Berlin.

shooshoobaby

13th December 2011 01:02

Re: L-5 victory

James -
On 4/11/45 L-5 Pilot Lt.Duane Francies and Observer Lt. William Martin
Fired their Colt 45s at a German Storch. The Storch crashed in a Pasture.
They Landed nearby and Held 2 Crewmen Captive until American Tanks arrived.
In Italy , a L-5 Pilot , Lt. "Dutch" Schultz was attacked by Me 109. He
took evasive action and caused the Me 109 to crash into a Hill.
Mike

Laurent Rizzotti

13th December 2011 08:00

Re: L-5 victory

There has been another thread on this Piper vs Storch incident:
http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showthread.php?t=23485

The detailled story, giving a date and a unit for the US aircrat (contrary to Ryan) is available there (and is the same as Mike write above):
http://www.5ad.org/units/Duane%20Francies.htm

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