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Nick Hector 21st October 2013 01:23

Another III/JG 54 western front victory
 
For those interested in the subject of III/JG 54 in the west, I started a thread on the subject a long time ago. Here's another one from my database to re-ignite interest in the subject:

6.3.44/1449hrs, 7/JG 54's Lt. Eugen-Ludwig Zweigart claimed a B-17 at 500m altitude over Reinsehlen. It seems very likely this was finishing off the B-17G-10-BO 42-31240/F "Shack Job" of 561st BG, 388th BG. 2/Lt. John W McLaughlin and crew all POW (crew had baled out after earlier fighter attack took out the controls). Zweigart achieved an "eV" (endgultige vernichtung) in other words...

FalkeEins 21st October 2013 17:39

Re: Another III/JG 54 western front victory
 
yes, thanks for the additional data. This was his 2nd that day working from this listing
http://www.cieldegloire.com/jg_054i.php

on the luftwaffe.cz page he's given three (unless I've mis-read it..)

BTW "Le Cambeaux" for the location of his 'shoot-down' on 8 June is a typo or a mis-reading...he came down at Les Champeaux, 10 km south-west of Vimoutiers ( cf. Frappé, p238)


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