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Luftwaffe Liberator Claims in the M E in 1942
Hi,
Just what were the aircraft that were shot down by the Luftwaffe and claimed as B24 Liberators in the M E in 1942 ? From Woods lists - 3/4-5-42 - 1 12-6-42 - 1 15-6-42 - 1 7-7-42 - 1 9-7-42 - 1 21-8-42 - 1 29-8-42 - 1 7-9-42 - 1 16-9-42 - 1 4-11-42 - 2 15-11-42 - 3 14-12-42 - 1 Total Claims 15 RAF and USAAF losses in the M E in 1942 according to BL in the ME & Med vol 1 and 8th & 9th AAF losses v 1 are For the above dates - 3/4-5-42 - AL511 (RAF) Shot down. 12-6-42 - ? 15-6-42 - AL553 crash landed on return ? non combat loss(RAF) 7-7-42 - ? 9-7-42 - ? 21-8-42 - ? 29-8-42 - ? 7-9-42 - ? 16-9-42 - 41-11883 reduced to salvage after non battle damage (USAAF) 4-11-42 - ? 4-11-42 - ? 15-11-42 - ? 15-11-42 - ? 15-11-42 - ? 14-12-42 - ? From the BL book there were other losses but not linked to the above dates. From the 8th & 9th AAF losses book there are others also as above. Such as 29/30-6-42 - B24 HALPRO (USAAF) Shot down by Flack.Capt. F. E. Nestor. 2-7-42 - AL552 (RAF) Training, crash landing. 3-7-42 - AL542 (RAF) U/c collapsed on landing. *9/10-7-42 - B24 HALPRO (USAAF) Shot down by 109's.(41-11600 ?) Capt. K.W. Butler. 13/14-7-42 - B24 HALPRO (USAAF) S/D by Flak.(41-11618 ?)1Lt. C.O. Brown. *15-7-42 - AL566 (RAF) S/D by fighters over target. 18/19-7-42 - AL554 (RAF) out of fuel force landed. 23-7-42 - AL534 (RAF) FTR most of crew pow. 23/24-7-42 - B24 41-11615 (USAAF) Capt. C. Fountain, out of fuel crew bailed over base. 31-7-42 AL553 (RAF) soc this date. 1-8-42 - B24 (USAAF) 41-11601 2Lt. H.N. Sturkie, undershot landing , crashed. 6/7-8-42 - AL580(RAF) U/c collapsed on landing. 19-8-42 - AL509 (RAF) Taxiing accident. 24-8-42 AL537 (RAF) Hit by Flack. 16-9-42 - B24 41-11883 (USAAF) 345th Bomb Sqdn, reduced to salvage non battle damage. 6-10-42 - B24 (USAAF) ?????Lt.White & crew bailed 1st mission . 11/12-10-42 - AL603 (RAF) U/c collapsed on landing. DBR. 27/28-10-42 - AL548 (RAF) Shot down. Flack ? 15-12-42 - AL513 (RAF) out of fuel in bad weather.Force landed, interned. 30-12-42 - AL520 (RAF) Hit hill en route India. 8th AAF 9-9-42 - 41-23713 Lost F/Flt Gander /Scotland. 9-10-42 - 41-23678 Shot down Lille. 29-10-42 41-23712 Crashed Somerset. 7-11-42 - 41-23710 Crashed Exeter. 8-11-42 - 41-23723 Landing accident. 18-11-42 - 41-23745 C/l Little Stukely. 24-11-42 - Lost Gander/Scotland. 2-12-42 - 41-23674 Taxiing acca/c repaired. 6-12-42 - 41-23786 Shot down a/c ditched. 7-12-42 - 41-23707 Cr into mountain Tafaroui. 12-12-42 - 41-23744 T%/O acc Oran,Algeria. 13-12-42 - 41-23909 Landing acc Bone, Algeria. 21-12-42 - 41-24010 Lost after Trinidad. Other HALPRO a/c lost in June 42 were 41-11609;41-11622;41-11597;41-11596 all interned in Turkey.While 41-11629 was lost on her 1st mission on the 6-6-42. AND 41-11592;41-11794 (c/l at forward base 9-8-42);41-11766( crew bailed 4 of 10 killed 9-8-42);41-11624 and 41-11625 were all condemned in late 42. So what did the Luftwaffe shoot down on the dates given in the first part above ? AND Have I missed any out ? Alex Last edited by Alex Smart; 10th December 2006 at 20:02. Reason: Continous cut off when writing mail's out of time when ready to post |
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Re: Luftwaffe Liberator Claims in the M E in 1942
Alex:
It would appear that your message got cut off as you posted; NickM |
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Re: Luftwaffe Liberator Claims in the M E in 1942
Hello Nick,
Always is when I finnish and post it is usiualy out of time and lost so have to start all over again. so now I do it in small parts and use edit to do my post .Also have to log in again each time. Alex Last edited by Alex Smart; 10th December 2006 at 19:47. |
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Re: Luftwaffe Liberator Claims in the M E in 1942
Hi Alex,
09.09.42 - B-24 Halpro 41-11600 Eager Beaver s/d by 1/JG27. Regards Robert |
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Re: Luftwaffe Liberator Claims in the M E in 1942
Hello Robert,
Thanks for responce but isn't it the 9th July ? is your date a typo error ? Alex |
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Re: Luftwaffe Liberator Claims in the M E in 1942
Yes, my fingers were too fast. BTW I have on the 15.06.40 B-24 from the 160 RAF sqn. s/d by Bf109. Perhaps your B-24 from 15.07 marked with red star is typo error?
Robert |
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