Re: 44-23608 F-5E, Dec 26 1944
Hallo Paul and ClinA-78 !
I am a bit surprised to discover the crash site of Wolcott... I thought that he was shot down by American fire south of Bastogne, close to the one of Lanker (MACR11501) that was shot down a couple of hours before Wolcott.
ClinA-78, do you have the crash location for Lanker thru the IDPF and so cfm one of the 2 locations already ?
Was he also "unknown" ?
We found 2 crash locations close to each other (+/-1.000m) south of Bastogne... one is defintely a P-38 (no serial cfm till now as no IDPF available with details) of which a propeller is displayed in the Bastogne Historical Center.
One of the small pieces I found had a dark green colour... can also be the cockpit as some were painted dark green if I remember well ?
Still a mystery but the crash location in the IDPF of Lanker will probably give a first confirmation... !
Were was 10th Photo Reconnaissance Group / 31st PRS located at that time ? Not in Belgium I presume ?
Can somebody provide an aircraft profile of this unit ?
|