[Adriano Baumgartner]

Alex,

I felt your grudge on your first answer to my reply and congratulations for your nice discoveries and researches. And I confirm this on the way you answered to the other members of this Board.

Be aware that the memory is selective...so what you heard may be one facet of the truth...you need to check files, Official, documents, etc...and re-cross-check them (am sure you know the game). So, you do have interviews with 2 or 3 veterans, some 5-6 decades after the events of the Korean War (F-80 or F-86)...and you have what the Official records (USAF) says (TF-33). You pick your bet and write what you believe is your version of the fates and information you do have at hands.

Just for emphasize what I am saying...I was in touch with a RAF Mosquito Navigator who said he was shot down by at least six (6) Me 262 in July 1944...but the facts are that he was shot down by a Bf 109 G-6 probably using MW-50. This is why he "believed" he had seen the contrails of the jets...and six jets (at that period of 1944, very doubtful)...So you can see that first hand accounts of events that ocurred circa 40-50 years ago can be a bit blurred.

Good luck to you and try to be a bit more polite on this Board with those who answer and try to help, or just congratulate you and your knowledge. I have seen before only one similar person with that attitude down here. On the other hand, this Board and Forum allowed me to establish and make new friendships with more than a dozen persons around the Globe, linked by the same passion and common interests.

All the best for you and hope you will find the truth between the two answers you do have so far.

A.