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Re: 15.USAAF Escort losses, 18. July 1944
Hello Heuser,
a quote from your post #1: …and all other P-51 D-losses known to me are located in Austria (44-13450) …
No, not this plane. According to the German casualty documents (ME 1632) the crash time was 10.35 hrs on the Rantscher Weiher near Kohlgrub (since 1948 Bad Kohlgrub), 9 km west of Murnau, 8 km north of Oberammergau. The pilot 2nd Lt Leo Martin Walz was taken prisoner near the crashplace.
In the ME 1631 file is documented: the 44-13381 crashed at 10.50 hrs 1 km west of Tutzing, south of the Taubinger Straße on the Bareislgraben, damage 95%.
Another 31st FG loss concerned the Mustang 43-6854: loss time 11.00 hrs 2 km northwest of Grafenaschau, 5 km southwest of Murnau, 6 km northeast of Oberammergau (casualty no. ME 1672). The pilot 1st Lt Charles O Herman (308th FS, not 508th FS – see your post #5) was found dead on 24 July 1944 (ME 1589).
Regards
Leo
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