Thread: Me 262 claim of English Catalina/Canso on 31 March 1945?
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Old 9th November 2025, 16:16
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Re: Me 262 claim of English Catalina/Canso on 31 March 1945?
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Originally Posted by Leendert View Post
Must be OA-10A 44-33915 of the USAAF 5th Emergency Rescue Squadron, lost 31 March 1945.

See e.g. https://www.catalina.org.uk/history-of-44-33915/

Leendert
Thank you, Leendert! I just finished reading the history of 44-33915. No wonder Weihs was not credited with a "shootdown". The term "abschuß was totally inappropriate.

Thank you, again,

Jim
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