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Re: 29 may 1944, 15 AF raid to Austria - need help.
Hi Evgeny,
134 P 51s were involved in Weiner Neustadt mission.
Regarding the 31 FG:
the 307th FS claimed 4 Me-109 and 2 Me-110 @ 9:45 W of Wallersdorf airfield for the loss of 2/Lt. Thomas Howell last seen in combat with Me-109s and the P 51 of Capt. Samuel Brown who was shot up and was forced to bail out near his base;
the 308th FS claimed 6 Me-109 and 1 Me-110 @ 9:45 W of Wallersdorf airfield for no loss;
the 309th FS claimed 3 Me-110 @ 10:15 10 m N of Wallersdorf airfield for the loss of 2/Lt. Ralph Mansberger last seen in combat with Me-110s;
another Me-110 was claimed by Lt. Col. Yancey Tarrant @ 9:45 10 m N of Weiner Neustadt.
Regarding the 52 FG:
the 4th FS claimed 3 Me-109 and 6 Me-110 @ 10:05-10:20 35 m W of Weiner Neustadt for the loss of 1/Lt. Charles Gross shot down by Me-110s;
the 5th FS claimed 4 Me-109 and 1 He-111 @ 10:05-10:10 W of Weiner Neustadt for the loss of 2/Lt. Henry Woods who died wen his P 51 collided with the He-111.
Other 2 Me 110 were claimed in Austria by P 38s of 94th FS - 1 FG @ 11:10 at Atzgersdorf but I dont know if they were involved in the same mission of P 51s.
Best regards
Marco
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