82nd FG vs Ju.52 Mausis
 

Hello,
on 04.07.44 82nd Fighter Group pilots claimed 3 Ju.52s equipped near Craiova (Rumania). I assume they may have been from 3./MSGr.1. Can anybody confirm?

Thanks in advance

Monaco

Re: 82nd FG vs Ju.52 Mausis
 

Hello,

That's what the following states:

'Gardening by Moonlight' 205 Group RAF mining operations over the River Danube in 1944.
Kassak,Peter & David Gunby.
n.p.: Degart.s.r.o.,2017
p.141

(Pilots involved: 1st Lt. Walther J Carroll Jr., Capt. Richard M. Gangel and 1st Lt. Arthur W. Kidder Jr., all of 96thFS/82ndFG - each claimed a Ju 52 with a ring device north west of Craiova, Romania, on 4 July, 1944.

Col.

Re: 82nd FG vs Ju.52 Mausis
 

Ju.52 Wnr.3168 4/MSGr
Ju.52 Wnr.3326 4/MSGr

the two crashed near Craiova

Ju.52 Wnr.6327 "Werft" of Craiova crashed 7 Km north of Gangiova


michel

Re: 82nd FG vs Ju.52 Mausis
 

That was quick, thank you both. Do you also have info about the personnel aboard?

Monaco

Re: 82nd FG vs Ju.52 Mausis
 

What kind of plane owned the 82.FG at that time P 51 ,,??

Rémi

82nd FG vs Ju.52 Mausis
 

I believe they flew P-38's throughout the war.

Re: 82nd FG vs Ju.52 Mausis
 

James is right - by that time 82nd flew P-38J-15s. Michel what´s your source as I looked at Michael Holm´s site and 4. Minensuchstaffel´s base for the period 10.42-10.44 is given as Saloniki whilst 3. Minensuchstaffel operated from Varna until 8.44.

Cheers

Monaco

Re: 82nd FG vs Ju.52 Mausis
 

"La chasse de jour allemande en roumanie" editions modelism international srl Bucarest 1994 by Jean-Louis Roba and Eric Mombeek.