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Old 9th June 2011, 10:21
Laurent Rizzotti Laurent Rizzotti is offline
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Re: 14. Oct. 1944, F/B attack in Lorraine

In the area of the attack most Allied FBs will be American ones of 9th AF.

You will have to do some more research but here is the story of a P-47 pilot shot down and captured on 14 October 1944 while attacking a train in the same general area:
http://www.co.collin.tx.us/veterans/...s_mcdowell.jsp

McDowell was flying the P-47 42-76219 (see http://p-47.database.pagesperso-oran...e/42-7xxxx.htm), MACR 9647. The MACR says it was lost in the area coded P-9883 but I have no idea where it is exactly.

On the footnote site, the free view of the MACR allows to see there is a map and a German document in the MACR, the latter giving the crashplace and time usually, but to be able to read them you have to pay.

As a first step you may ask for the following documents:
_ action report of 371st FG
_ MACR 9647
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