Re: Who shot down Obst. Walter Oesau?
Thank you! Yes indeed I haven't found any confirmed victories for 474th FG on that day.
Ironically, Oesau wasn't the first Luftwaffe ace downed by a P-38 pilot and not registered among USAAF victories. When on 25th Nov. 1943 Lt. Aldecoa of 55 FG collided in a head-on pass with Maj. Seifert, Gruppenkommandeur II./JG 26, both pilots perished. Aldecoa was filed by Germans as Seifert's 57th and last victory, while Aldecoa was never credited his 'kill', at least not until the end of WWII.
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