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Signal magazine article-December 18,1942 P-38 shoot down
The German war magazine published a one page spread of the downing of Lt. Norman Widen, 1 FG, 94th FS by Ofw, Anton Hafner II/JG-51 on December 18.1942. There are 6 photographs showing the pilot bailing out and meeting with Ofw Anton Hafner,clearly showing his Knight's cross.
There is one picture of the P-38 (attached) but there's one problem: the codes are ES-J, which are the codes of the 48th FS,14th FG, NOT the codes of the 94th FS,1st FG which were UN-*.
This begs the question:
(1) Since all the other photographs are in sequence, it would appear reasonable that this one was also taken at the same time as the other photographs
(2) If the plane in question was the one flown by Lt. Widen, was the 1st FG borrowing planes from the 14th FG to fly its missions?
(3) Or the Tunisian desert was just so full of shot down P-38s that the photographer came across one and thought it was the correct fighter?
Last edited by kaki3152; 18th February 2017 at 18:58.
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