Two B-24 Liberator losses 1 August 1943 Ploesti raid

[Theo Boiten]

Dear all,

I have documented two confirmed Nachtjäger claims for B-24s shot down during the 1 August 1944 Ploesti raid, and would be grateful for details on the matching Liberator losses to these claims:


Uffz. Hugo Knöbel: 1 10./NJG6 B-24 Bütoi (RL 82): 10 m. 14.31
Ofw. Georg Klever: 3 10./NJG6 B-24 Piatra (TI 5): 10 m. 14.43


Cheers and thanks, Theo

[researcher111]

Theo , 1st of August 1943 or 1st of August 1944 ? If Ops TW , then this
could well be Lt.Weaver's Lib and this of Lt.Scrivner's Lib both 44th BG
eventually other .

BR
Alex

[Theo Boiten]

Oeps, typo -the right date should read 1 August 1943!

Alex: do you have the serial numbers & nr of BS for these two 44 BG Liberators? Where did these a/c come down?

Cheers, Theo

[researcher111]

42-40375 & 42-63761 , 66 & 67 sqd's , crash sites more or less in the proximity of the
above claimed interception locations .

Cheers
Alex K

PS : suggest you further research this subjects due to similarity of other claims

[Theo Boiten]

Hello Alex,

Thanks for these additional details -one last question: which of the two losses that you mention is the 66 BS aircraft, and which the 67 BS a/c, and did the 66BS aircraft crash near Bütoi?

Cheers and thanks, Theo

[researcher111]

ending with 375 ( 66 BS) the other 67 . 375 at ciocioc and 761 at Visina location not that far from those you indicated. However as mentioned before you need to look further for more details .

[Theo Boiten]

Thanks for that Alex, much appreciated! Cheers, Theo