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Old 10th March 2010, 19:51
Gizmo Gizmo is offline
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Re: D-Day JG 2 and NAGr 13 losses

Hi,

Thanks for answers.
As I know both 365th pilots were killed by theirs own bombs blast (see below). According to Miller book, both 352nd P-51Bs (piloted by Lt. Buller and Lt O'Nan, both POW), were claimed as shot down by Flak.
I'm going to buy "Angels Eight: Normandy Air War Diary" book to check Mr. Bergströms informations.
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"First Lt. Jack J. Martell deliberately dropped his 500-pound bombs from just a few feet in the air. The delay fuses malfunctioned, and Lt. Martell’s plane was caught in the blast and debris from the twin explosions. He crashed in flames on the outskirts of St. Lo.

Another Hell Hawk fell near St. Sauveur de Pierre Pont. The bombs of 1st Lt. Robert L. Shipe from York, Pa., also detonated prematurely, and Lt. Shipe’s P-47 slammed into a field. French villagers recovered the pilot’s body and tended Lt. Shipe’s grave until Allied forces broke through."

Source: http://skywalking1.wordpress.com/200...-path-for-gis/

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