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Re: 55th FG vs. Luftwaffe on 11th June 1944 - wild over-crediting?
According to my records for 11 June 1944 (Olynyk) 338thFS and 343rdFS of 55FG, flying P-38s, each claimed four enemy aircraft destroyed -- 4 Bf 109 and two Bf 109 and two FW 190 respectively in the vicinity of Beauvais between 1500 hours and 1520 hours. US 8thAF records (Andrews and Adams) record three losses (one POW Maj Bolwerk, two evaded --Lt Hjelm, Lt Goethal) MACRs 5575, 5574, 5573.
Between 1525 hours and 1538 hours in the vicinity of Beauvais (Frappe), JG 5 claimed two and JG 26 claimed five P-38s destroyed (one by Priller). Fw 190 6 blue of 4./JG 26 was lost (Lt Wiegand wounded), two Bf 109 from 1./JG 5 and one from 3./JG 5 were lost (Uffz Wenninger KIA, Uffz Geilert wounded and a third unknown as to identity or fate.
It would appear that 55thFG claimed eight but only four German aircraft were lost. At the same time JG 5 and JG 26 claimed seven but only three were lost.
Hope this helps
Dave Clark
Angels Eight -- Normandy Air War Diary
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