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Re: Beaufighter 415th NFS shot down by B-17??
Brian,
No serial (yet), but on website cufon.org you can read parts of the diary of 415th NFS and it indeed says that the controller was told by crew that their a/c was fired upon by a B-17. Beau lost an engine and received damages on tail surfaces, and Sussman couldn't bail out because of wounds.
A/c could not reach emergency field anymore.
2Lt Lt Mervin H. Sussman (O-1692661) buried at Epinal, France with KIA 31-12-44, 415th NFS.
Capt. Varillus O. Jones (O-793117) also at Epinal, KIA 31-12-1944, with unit 12th Air Support Command.
Regards,
Leendert
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