Two B-24 Liberator losses 1 August 1943 Ploesti raid
 

Dear all,

I have documented two confirmed Nachtjäger claims for B-24s shot down during the 1 August 1944 Ploesti raid, and would be grateful for details on the matching Liberator losses to these claims:


Uffz. Hugo Knöbel: 1 10./NJG6 B-24 Bütoi (RL 82): 10 m. 14.31
Ofw. Georg Klever: 3 10./NJG6 B-24 Piatra (TI 5): 10 m. 14.43


Cheers and thanks, Theo

Re: Two B-24 Liberator losses 1 August 1943 Ploesti raid
 

Theo , 1st of August 1943 or 1st of August 1944 ? If Ops TW , then this
could well be Lt.Weaver's Lib and this of Lt.Scrivner's Lib both 44th BG
eventually other .

BR
Alex

Re: Two B-24 Liberator losses 1 August 1943 Ploesti raid
 

Oeps, typo -the right date should read 1 August 1943!

Alex: do you have the serial numbers & nr of BS for these two 44 BG Liberators? Where did these a/c come down?

Cheers, Theo

Re: Two B-24 Liberator losses 1 August 1943 Ploesti raid
 

Re: Two B-24 Liberator losses 1 August 1943 Ploesti raid
 

Hello Alex,

Thanks for these additional details -one last question: which of the two losses that you mention is the 66 BS aircraft, and which the 67 BS a/c, and did the 66BS aircraft crash near Bütoi?

Cheers and thanks, Theo

Re: Two B-24 Liberator losses 1 August 1943 Ploesti raid
 

ending with 375 ( 66 BS) the other 67 . 375 at ciocioc and 761 at Visina location not that far from those you indicated. However as mentioned before you need to look further for more details .

Re: Two B-24 Liberator losses 1 August 1943 Ploesti raid
 

Thanks for that Alex, much appreciated! Cheers, Theo