14. Oct. 1944, F/B attack in Lorraine

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Hi all, I'm new to this forum and I have to be true that I'm not focused on the war in the air, but in tank warfare. For that purpose I'm trying to made interviews with as many surviving veterans as possible in order to keep their experiences for the future.

One of those veterans from the german II./Panzerregiment 15 told me an story about an allied fighter-bomber attack against his train while on the transport from Germany to the Lorraine (Lothringen). He said, that they have no tanks but cars and lorries etc. on the train. The fighter-bombers strafed this transport, the soldiers running to both sides of the train into the fields, but there were no casualties. He said, that those allied pilots most probably there british ones as the americans would have fired on the troops ! But that only as an sidenote.

To be more specific I have the following details:

In the daily report for 14.10.1944 of the LVIII. Panzerkorps one can find the following entry:

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j) Transportzug II./Pz.Rgt. 15 in Zuführung zu 11. Pz.Div. bei Sarraltroff (3 km nördl. Saarburg) von Jabos angegriffen. Verluste 15 Tote, 30 Verwundete. Erheblicher Sachschaden an Kfz. und Gerät.


= rail transport of II. Batl., tank regt. 15 in shipment to the 11th Panzerdivision was attacked at Sarraltroff (3 kilometres north of Saarburg) by fighter-bombers. Casualties 15 dead, 30 wounded. Considerable damage to vehicles and equipment.

So, to be true there were casualties and we have the date and the exact location. Sarraltroff is to the North of Sarrebourg in the Lorraine, you may look for it at google.maps or google earth.

As I said I'm not very familar with the war in the air, but I would like to know the "other side" of the story. Which unit, what aircraft and how many and maybe, possibly, also the report from that allied unit ?

Obviously we have a lot of experts here in the forum, would be glad to hear from you!

Oliver