Quote:
Originally Posted by Joerg Dietsche
What happened on 14.01.1945 at Köln-Wahn airfield. JG 26 had quite a lot of casualties at the airfield and around due to an attack of the Mustangs of the 78th FG( see below). At the same day the bridges over the Rhine in Cologne were bombed.
Were the P-51 escort fighters released to conduct airfield attacks?
1/14/45
Burckhardt, Gottfried
Uffz.
KIA
8
Köln-Wahn a/f
P-51
1/14/45
Pape, Dietwin
Lt.
no
9
S of Köln
P-51
1/14/45
Salewsky, Erich
Uffz.
KIA
12
Uckerath-Bonn
P-51
1/14/45
Stuppan, Alfred
Uffz.
KIA
5
near Köln-N of Bonn
combat
1/14/45
Vogt, Gerhard
Oblt.
KIA
5 CO
SE of Köln-Eil
P-51
1/14/45
Binge, Werner
Uffz
KIA
SE Bonn
P-51
So long
Jörg |
Joerg - the 78th had two missions as Mike noted. First a Ramrod and one flight of 82FS made first contact by bouncing from 25K on a 15 ship gaggle climbing from 15000. When they hit this group they spotted another 12-15 at a lower altitude... This fight took 3 Fw190's out and damged a 109 and another 190
Shortly afterwards Nuthouse vectored 84FS from Giessen area over to Koln and the second clash occurred - probably also with JG26. This was basically S/SSW Koln. This battle took out seven 109s plus two more Fw 190's.
The last score was on a Sweep and one Fw 190 was shot down over Diepholtz A/D.
According th JG26 by Caldwell the Fw 190s were all Fw 190D-9's.
Coincidentally the one Squadron of 355th, about the same time, took out a 109 near Munster and then shot down four more 109s plus 5 Fw 190D-9's near in Meppen-Munster-Dummer Lake area.
All these clashes were in afternnoon.
Regards,
Bill Marshall