6th November 2005, 21:51
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Re: Friendly fire WWII
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Originally Posted by Brian
30/12/44: Lt Stovell 56FG shot down by P-47
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December 31st, 1944
"...2nd Lt. William Stovall is officially credited with shooting down two Fw 190s on this mission, and while 62nd FS records credit him accordingly, the 56th Fighter Group records do not mention it at all. Regardless, Stovall was killed as he slid his P-47 into the line of fire of another while in pursuit of yet another Fw 190..."
See p.147, David R. McLaren. Beware the Thunderbolt: the 56th Fighter Group in World War II. Schiffer Books, 1994.
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Originally Posted by Brian
24-25/4/45: Mosquito MM588 409RCAF Sqn damaged by another Mosquito.
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On p.48 of Martin Bowman's Mosquito Fighter/Fighter Bomber Units of World War 2 there is a photograph of the downed aircraft (it crash-landed wheels up) with Hardy and Fitchett posing in front of it.
Last edited by Six Nifty .50s; 6th November 2005 at 22:45.
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