May 29 1944

[Michal]

Hello,

does somebody have information about USAAF Fighter Pilot´s Claims on May 29 1944 in Area Cottbus-Bautzen-Dresden? What does write Frank Olynyk? Time, Area will be very welcome.

Thanks for help

Michal

[Delmenhorst]

Fighter pilots - as far as I can see - none, they were all further north

[drgondog]

The 1st BD sent 48 B-17s to bomb Cottbus. I am trying to find out who escorted them.

As noted most of the claims for the 8th AF were from Leipzig area and northward.

The 15th AF bombed Wiener-Neudstadt from the south so maybe the 31st or the 52nd ranged as far north as Dresden. They managed to clobber II./ZG 1 Me 110s and their escorts that day.

[Delmenhorst]

2nd ATF (4 CW's, 3rd Div) Target Leipzig
368th (IX FC) swept to Hanover uneventfully. No R/V due to having been airborne when r/v time was advanced 1 hour.
479th from Ijmuiden, 1032 to Stendal 1200.
354th (IX FC) from S of Trimma, 1250 to sw Coblentz 1350.

363rd (IX FC) from Leipzig 1300 to Nieuport 1445.
404th (IX FC) from NE Frankfurt 1323 to Kyllburg 1415.
48th (IX FC) from 1356 to 1445.
370th (IX FC) from Triples 1449 gto Adenau.
365th (IX FC) from Frebenheim 1520 to Notenheim 1600.
371st (IX FC) from Gill-en-Seld to mid-channel 1455.
50th (IX FC) L/F in at 1409. Swept assigned area uneventfully.

E/A opposition: Nil.

[Delmenhorst]

3rd ATF (1st BD, 5 CW's) target Posen, Sorau, Cottbus

366th (IX FC) in S Egmond 1147 orbitted r/v point out Egmond. 78th r/v Dummer Lake 1135, broke escort S Stendal 12076. Out Egmond 1312.
353rd r/v Steinhuder Lake 1145 to Tangermunde 1210 swept back on deck, out Egmond 1325.
20th r/v Celle 1145 to E gubin 1245.
55th r/v genthin 1220 to target, swept back on deck, out Hauge
357th r/v Zwolle 1110 to Posen, S Lubbe Lake 1330
339th Stettin 1355, Sorau, Dresden, Bremen
361st Stendal, Juterbog, Cottbus 1235745, broke escort Dresden 1330.
355th r/v N Posen 1315, escorted back German coast until 1545.
367 (IX FC) r/v Schleswig 1540, back to Frisian Islands 1630.
474th (IX FC) r/v NE Kiel 1510, escorted N Terschelling Island 1630.

E/A Opposition: 366th, 78th, 20th, 55th, 367th and 474th saw no airborne e/a. One a/c of 353rd bounced by 4 e/a near Amsterdam. 357th noted a few spotters only. 339th destroyed 2 s/e vicinity Stettin. 361st nogted 3 formations e/a totaling 50 plus vicinity of Luckenwalde, Dresden and Landsberg, claim 11-1-3 for 2 lost. 4th saw total 5 3/a Narrgard and Laaland Island, destroyed same. Lost one to flak.

361st FG
374th FS claimed their victories E Schwerin and Pitka, 375th around Lackau-Juterbog and 376th around Schwerin.

[Michal]

Thanks a lot

So, it does mean that only possible candidate could be planes of 375th FS 361st FG. What does Olynyk write about claims of this Squadron? I mean Area, Time and Type of German Plane...

Couldn´t be Lackau in reality Luckau?

[Michal]

PHP Code:

361st Stendal, Juterbog, Cottbus 1235745, broke escort Dresden 1330. 


1235745? Does it mean Grid sA1235745? Area of Finsterwalde near Cottbus?

[Delmenhorst]

1235745 is an error in the paper

[Delmenhorst]

I checked Fighter Units & Pilots of the 8th Air Force by Kent D Miller. All the 361st victories at Lackau-Juterbog were ground victories.
Maj G L Merritt 2 He 1211 dest
Lt R C Wright 2 Ju 52 dest
He 111 dest
Ju 88 dest
Ju 88 dam
Lt D R Morehouse u/i a/c dest grd

[pilot05]

Have a look here:
http://www.miedzyrzecz.biz/historia/...-bitwa_ang.htm
There were heavy air fights between P-51 B (361st) and Fw 190 A (JGr Ost) in Meseritz area, I am very interested in any information about this...
I have heard, that 361st later shot down some Me 410 in Landsberg/Warthe area...


Delmenhorst: May I ask, where you have got the information in post #5 from?

regards