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Re: 1.10.1943 Sopron area Hungary B24 /Lt. Olson
As far as I know the 44 BG B-24D that went down at Kőszeg at 13:02 PM was 41-23811 with the 2Lt Richard W. Bridges crew. 7 POW, 3 KIA. 2Lt Bridges was captured at Velem, near Kőszeg, Hu. Later taken to Belgrade, escaped, then he returned to Bari, Italy on a SAAF C-47 in August, 1944. Hope this helps. His B-24 was the very first American plane lost in today's Hungary.
There was no other American plane crash that day in Hungary.
If there was another one in the Sopron, Hungary area, then this is a misleading statement and in fact it happened on the other side of the border still in Austria.
Gabor
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