P-38L 44-25786 14th FG Survivor

[JACK COOK]

Anyone know the details of the loss of this 14th FG P-38L shot down 4-2-1945 and how it's remains were recovered and placed in a museum in Belgrade???

[Schenck]

Landed in emergency on Sombor a/f after damage by flak over Austria.

[dprenosil]

Old request I know, but just recently I found this:

Here is official report about crash, pilot Cpt. Micheal Brezas was reported as MIA:

http://www.footnote.com/image/41944796/25786|44/#41944759

Here is picture of Brezas:


And small page about his achievements:
http://www.neta.com/~1stbooks/def1c.htm

This larger picture was published in book "P-38 Aces of ETO/MTO" :

Brezas later said that the Soviet forces were very unfriendly. I do not know if those were real Soviet forces or Yugoslav partisans. He was first transported to Belgrade, and then back to Italy.

Here is a link to page that tells us story what happened later to the
aircraft:

http://www.yumodel.co.yu/history_of_..._ligthning.htm

Regards !