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Signal report of shot down P-38-Dec 18,1942
The uploaded is from the book "SIGNAL-The Years of Retreat 1943-1944"
edited by SL Mayer.
The scene is purportedly the downing of Lt. Norman Widen of the 94th Fighter Squadron, 1st Fighter Group on December 18,1942 by Ofw Anton Hafner of the II/JG-51. The only fly in the ointment,so to speak, is that the burnt out P-38 is a 48th FS,14th FG (ES-J) aircraft,not a 94th FS,1st FG machine. Was Lt. Widen flying a "borrowed" P-38 from the 14th FG?
Or did the PK photographer just photoraph another burnt out P-38 instead of the correct one? This encounter between Anton Hafner and Lt. Widen led to Hafner's brother presenting then Major Widner with a memento of the event,which I believe was a large signed painting of Anton Hafner. He,of course, was dead having been killed in 1944
Last edited by kaki3152; 1st February 2012 at 03:18.
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