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Re: JG.300 info help
Good Morning aldodog !
Five of the 9 B-17 Bombers of 303rd BG, which were shot up on August 15th, 1944 came down in my area in Germany. This is around Bitburg, pretty close to the Luxembourg border and the town of Trier.
Your uncle's B-17 finally exploded in air over the area of Malberg - Fliessem - Malbergweich in a valley of the Kyll river, which is located about 8 km due North of Bitburg.
In the final stage of the descent, your uncle obviously left the aircraft, but his parachute failed to open. A resident of Fliessem and his father recovered his body and brought it to the Malberg local cemetary for burial services.
This man is still in the possession of a photo of the person, he found at the crash-location. I am in the possession of a copy of the photo.
You should not focuss the German fighter-action for this event only to JG 300. The JG 3, IV. Gruppe is claiming nine B-17 for the same time-frame in the same area.
I hope, this helps for your researches. For more information, please contact me offboard.
All the best !
Horst Weber
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