Re: 2 July 1944 losses of the shuttle mission FGs
Herky!: The Memoirs of a Checkertail Ace
by Herschel H. Green
pp 96-97
2 July 1944 Mission to the Rakos Locomotive Depot at Budapest.
Claims 2-1-1, all Bf 109s.
Losses 2-0, mid-air collision.
1000 Destroyed: The Life and Times of the 4th Fighter Group
by Grover C. Hall Jr.
pp 311-312
Combat with Bf 109s.
Two P-51s were also damaged by Bf 109s and their pilots, Hively (lost control of his plane but recovered) and Siems, wounded.
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