[Joerg Dietsche]

I have two sources. Firstly the Mission Report and secondly the event described in Brulle's book. So far we have not found the crash site.

S T A T E M E N T
390th Fighter Squadron
21 November 1944

I was flying Relic Yellow two on Mission Y21-3 on 19 November 1944. I saw Red flight go down on their strafing attack on a column of vehicles on the road. I saw an explosion and a large sheet of flames which slid across the road and into a field beyond. I believe the plane to be that of Lt Gallagher, who was flying Relic Red No. 3. This happened at approximately 1610 hours, about 3 miles Northwest of Düren.

Sanford A. Ross

Flight Officer
Crashed into railroad yard during strafing run (366th FG).

He was last seen strafing three miles north of Düren. No calls from him were received and no one knew what happened to him. Postwar records indicate that he crashed into a railroad yard while strafing and the aircraft desintegrated over a wide area. His body was never found.

Source: “Angels Zero”

P-47 close air support in Europe
Robert V. Brulle

Merry X-mas

Joerg