[Eagle0025]

I recently received a request from a fellow German researcher concerning the following shootdown. On 17 Feb 45, Uffz. Paul Gassmann, 3/JG2, was shot down in Fw190D-9, werknummer 211056, near Laudenbach, Germany (between Darmstadt and Würzburg). I have also seen the crash area listed as Langendiebach b. Landenbach-Aschafenburg. Uffz. Gassmann was able to bail out and luckily survived the war. He is still alive today.
Herr Gassmann reports he was shot down in a dogfight with P-38s. He would like to find out what group, squadron, and possibly the pilots the P-38s were from. I have searched my records and cannot find any USAAF aerial victory credits for 17 Feb 45. If these were P-38s, they were NOT from the 474th FG or 370th FG because there is no record of any missions that day in their official squadron histories.
I thought I would ask here in case anyone out there has any details about that day and this particular shootdown. Many thanks in advance.
Cheers, Gary Koch (474th FG Association Historian)