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Hello Bill,

thank you very much for you answer. I have some informations for you too. Rafferty was shot down by railway flak near. This flak was stationed near the small village Klein-Linden near Gießen. Then he flown some miles away and crashed in a wooden are near Rechtenbach. Rechtenbach is a village south of Wetzlar. In the 50er a resident of Hochelheim search metal on the crashplace. He dig in the crater and found Raffertys wrist-watch, dog-tag, knife usw. I have a picture of these thinks. I´m searching in the 90er on the crashplace and found many parts of the plane include the Type-shield. Also Raffertys belt buckle.!! These things have now a place in our flight museum.

Mc Curry was shot down near the airfield of Gießen. Gießen airfield had many 20mm Flak. In Kirchhain is not an airfield. Some miles away was a small airfield called Bracht. On 11.Sept.1944 this airfield was also attacted. But I have in Gießen and Klein Linden eye-whitness. These people saw the plane smoking and flying southwest and crashed nearby. Mc Curry crashed in the village of Klein-Rechtenbach. He was very low and jettoniesed his canopy. He bailed out but was to low and his chute did not open. His plance crashed near a farm-house on a hill in the village. Luftwaffen-Soldier found his body in a field. His body smashed in the earth.

I´m searching pictures of rafferty and mc curry and from his planes. Also I´m searching informations about Peglar and Frost. These guys shot down pilots of the JG-53. I located the crash-places of the germans and have pictures of them.

Kind Regards
Mirko