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Re: Erich Hartmann vs. P-51
RE: Hartmann vs P-51
I was on the June 24th mission and only 1 P-51 was lost on the Ploesti mission. The other loss was on an Air Sea Rescue escort mission. Welch was hit by light flak in the Pescara, Italy area and crashed into the sea.
For the Ploesti mission, 46 Mustangs took off, 7 were early returns, 39 Mustangs rendezvoused with the B-24s at 0920 hours, 38 Mustangs left bombers at 1021 hours. 38 P-51s down at base at 1530 hours. Claims were
1 Me-109 destroyed 2 FW-190s destroyed 1 IAR 80 Probably destroyed
2 IAR 80 destroyed 2 ME-109s Probably destroyed
I believe the FW-190s were actually IAR 80s
Cordially, Art Fiedler
Last edited by mayfair35; 6th May 2009 at 06:53.
Reason: To Complete mission report
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