Ed. Post 3617 photo 2.
358FS/355FG "Beetle / Agnes" lost 7 Nov. 43. Details here from Hans-Heiri Stapfer's book "Strangers in a strange land".
https://www.toro-model.com.pl/pliki/...72029cover.pdf
This was Mission 124 escorting B-17s to Duren in bad weather. Fighters told to stay with bombers but with headwinds the 355th lost 5 P-47s, 2 in a collision and 3 low on fuel including YF-U. Re-painted by Germans after capture; marked under cockpit.......
AGNES
PILOT. LT. W.E. ROACH
CREW CHIEF. S/SGT. E.M. MORIN
The 5 P-47s were 2 357FS, 3 358FS. Assigned to 2.Staffel of Zirkus Rosarius, later to KG200.
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