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Re: US Fighter shot down-P-47D?
The 3T code indicates 36th Fighter Group, as Alex said. The 36th did not start operations until about May 1944. The fact that there are no D-Day stripes means it must be prior to 6th June, so the time scale for this is extremely short. I have only three (non UK) losses for them within that period, and all three were in France.
If I were a gambler, my money would go on 42-25879 3T-U flown by John Balcunas and lost on 21st May in the area of St Germain de Coulamer, near Metz. He evaded. (E&E report # 0801) and MACR 5009.
Peter
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