[Henofred]

Alain - The target is well identified (…with a map attached to MACR).
So, below two excerpts of this report:

“While leading Yearling Squadron I observed second element of Red flight strafing the marshalling yards of Vierzon-Ville. Red four, Lt. Calish, raked several railroad cars with machine gun fire. I saw the plane hit the ground and explode.”

“I was leading Yellow flight, flying slightly to rear and right of Red flight prior the attack. I watched Red three and Red four go in on their strafing run. I looked away to clear the air and when I looked back one ship was pulling up and the other ship apparently had crashed. Due to the great amount of smoke and fire it is my opinion that the pilot, Lt. Calish, could not have survived the crash.”

By the way, I also found when and which German plane had crashed at Poulaines – Saint-Vincent (Indre). The one who is in the book " Des Rails Vitaux " by Bernard Staels. Give me your Email address, I can send details if you are interested.

A question: About the crash of Villefranche, you have a copy of the newspapers articles from Berry Republicain or Nouvelle Republique? Merci d’avance.

A bientôt,
Fred

PS: With all the sun from Moorea – … you “Lucky devil” Alain!!!