[Six Nifty .50s]

Originally Posted by Laurent Rizzotti

Hi, sorry to hickjack this thread but if SixNifty can gove what is said in the 359th FG about the loss of 1st Lt Bartlett of 368th FS, 359th FG, on 5-Oct-1944 (P-51 44-13669), I will really appreciate it.

Thanks in advance

From the Mustangs & Unicorns history:

...October 5, 1944 (0945-1345 hrs)
Capt. Benjamin King, of the 368th FS, leads as the Group flies penetration, target and withdrawl support for B-17s bombing Dusseldorf, Germany. The 359th puts up forty-five Mustangs today and nine abort. R/V is made east of Herenthals, Belgium at 1110 and 26,000'. Bad weather splits the bombers up near the target and attacks are made on Cologne and Dortmund, Germany. No enemy aircraft are encountered. On the way out, near Tirlemont, Belgium, where escort is broken at 1230, Lt. Billy D. Kasper, of the 368th FS, sees Lt. Clifford L. Bartlett drop his tanks and enter a tight downward spiral from 30,000'. After an attempt to raise Bartlett on the radio fails, Kasper drops to 8,000' but fails to find any sign of him. Bartlett is later listed as KIA...

No further information given about Bartlett.