Mustang loss date ?
 

Hello,
What was the serial Date/serial number/Squadron of the first R.A.F Mustang to be downed in Germany ?
Thanks
Alex

Re: Mustang loss date ?
 

Not definitive but I think

09.03.44 F/O DE Saville 19 Sqn in FZ178 near Celle

Regards

Martin Giles

Re: Mustang loss date ?
 

Just a quick search of RCAF Mustangs reveals:

AG375, shot down 19 August 1942, 400 Squadron
AG470, also shot down August 1942, over Dieppe, 414 Squadron
AM151, failed to return from mission over Dieppe on 19 August 1942, 400 Squadron

There may have been others I have missed.

Re: Mustang loss date ?
 

Hello,
Thanks Martin, I had wondered about Redgates FZ188 a few days earlier ?

Hello Bill, I was only asking about Germany, but thanks for the reply.
Alex

Re: Mustang loss date ?
 

Oops, missed that part Alex. Sorry.

Re: Mustang loss date ?
 

FZ188 recorded at Borssele, Netherlands.

Re: Mustang loss date ?
 

Hello,
Thanks for the replies, much appreciated.

While checking through FCL v2 I came upon the following:
11 -Nov 43
231 Sqn - Mustang I - AG547 - F/O K.J. Trask RAAF + - Rhubarb over France,am. Buried at Lavel Cemetery.
and
414 Sqn - Mustang I - AG547 - P/O O.S.Peck + - Rhubarb over France, Alencon area, am.Buried at St. Cheron Civil Cemetery.

Air Britain AA100-AZ999 has for AG547
414/231 - Missing on ground attack mission to Alencon, 15.11.43.

Both airmen are recorded as lost on the 11/11/43 in CWGC site although Peck's is recorded at St. Desir War Cemetery - is it one and the same as St. Cheron ?

They both could not be lost in this a/c and the only other loss I could find was one within the UK on the 11th - AG611 of 2 Sqdn.
So what were the serial numbers of the Mustangs lost on the 11th other than those I give here ? and how is it that AB has AG547 - 231 -15.11.43 ?

Alex

Re: Mustang loss date ?
 

Hello,

J/14040 P/O Orville Stuart PECK RCAF was lost on No.414 Sqn Mustang I AP261. AUS409347 F/O Kenneth John TRASK RAAF, was aboard No.231 Sqn Mustang I AG547.

Col.

Re: Mustang loss date ?
 

Hello Col,
Thanks for the correction on the a/c serial number.
Alex