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Originally Posted by Chris Goss
Thanks all. The reason why I asked is while sorting out Alfred Price's material, this abschussmeldung was found. 10 pages plus a map which gives all you want to know about this. No mention of a German aircraft involved and confirms crash was Salzbrunnen im Kammerforst. Pilot, stated as Unterleutnant Lothar Steffen Smutko, was taken to a hospital in Saarburg and after that to an airfield at Eueren
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According to his MACR, "Yellow Flight" of 79.FS was bounced by "Me 210", broke up an was told to hit the deck. I assume that Smutko then came across lei. Flak Abt. 976...
There were two P-38 losses (Orr and Smutko) against 5 claims in this area:
Three by Tratt (two confimed), one by Oblt. Richard Philipp (3./NJG 102, confirmed) and the one by Flak Abt. 976.
Salzbrunnen im Kammerforst: correct, this was the crashplace of the P-38. Smutkos chute came down on a meadow near Krutweiler, right on the oppsite bank of the Saar river.
Regards,
Heuser