[Russell]

Hello to everybody
I suggest it could be
309th FS/31st FG P-51B 42-106559 WZ-T Miss Sallie III on left side Angie on right side left 0932 on escort to Regensburg, while flying in 10/10ths cloud complained his gyro was not working at 1115 when 46-25N, 13-30E, 28 m NEW of Udine called at 1130 to check on formation and then not seen or heard from, Germans reported he crashed 12 km SE of Grunau, 30 km S of Wels at 1230 after being shot down by fighters; Capt Frederick John Dorsch, Jr KIA

Coulsons claim was 30 miles SW Linz at 1255.


Frank Olynyk dug out the SD investigation report on Dorsch which he summarised as follows
The report in the IDPF by the Burgermeister of Grunau reports Dorsch was shot down by "several German fighters, . It states that villagers saw his
plane being shot down at low altitude by German fighters. It crashed at 1230 hours, 8 km East of Grunau, NE side of Kasberg (mountain) near the so
called ``Schwarzenwasser'', at about 1000 m altitude. Remains buried by English POWs (I think), nearby crash site. When reburied in St Avold,
France the condition of remains is given as: fractured skull, rt/tibia and Fibula, rt/radius, lt/femur, partially disarticulated. Large amount of flesh in
last stages of decomposition. So I do not think SD case is a reference to a war crime.

Russell.