[Laurent Rizzotti]

The book "An ordinary day in 1945" by Peter Kassak describes the air battles of 2 March 1945 between RAF, USAAF and Luftwaffe, and has an extract of the report by 1st Lt Roscoe Allen.

After oxygen failure, he turned back home (apparently alone) and met at 1020 hrs in the Dummer Lake area 15 Bf 109s carrying bombs and engaged them. From the extract it seems to be very optimistic about his firing skills. He claimed destroyed all five aircraft he claimed he hit (he reported seeing two pilots baling out) and probably destroyed two that he fired at, but reporting no hit in the report !!!

It seems that the USAAF was not as optimistic.But the book above makes no comment (and did not propose any ID of the German unit).

Allen was not a big ace (I can't find any confirmed victory for him). Similar stories by successful aces seem to have been accepted by the authorities more easily.

Sorry to hijack the thread.