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Re: P-47 losses on 3 Dec 1944
Some more details:
MACR 11439
P-47 D-28-RA 42-28818
36th Fighter Group, 22nd Fighter Squadron
Departure A-89 Le Culot, Belgium
Intended destination: Randerath Dive-Bombing
Pilot: 2nd Lt Joseph Howard Conner O-831378 killed
Enemy anti-aircraft.
Crash time 0945 hrs, crash place 5 km southeast of Randerath southwest of Hückelhoven.
MACR 10970
P-47 D-28-RE
358th Fighter Group, 367th Fighter Squadron
Departure A-90 Toul-Croix near Metz
Intended destination: Area Ludwigshafen am Rhein Armed Recce
Pilot: 2nd Lt David Frease Harris O-826422 killed
Diving aircraft too low on strafing pass and failing to pull out.
Crash time 0905 hrs, crashplace 2 km south of Kirchheim station near Heidelberg.
Casualty No. J 2569.
Regards
Leo
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