Another III/JG 54 western front victory

[Nick Hector]

For those interested in the subject of III/JG 54 in the west, I started a thread on the subject a long time ago. Here's another one from my database to re-ignite interest in the subject:

6.3.44/1449hrs, 7/JG 54's Lt. Eugen-Ludwig Zweigart claimed a B-17 at 500m altitude over Reinsehlen. It seems very likely this was finishing off the B-17G-10-BO 42-31240/F "Shack Job" of 561st BG, 388th BG. 2/Lt. John W McLaughlin and crew all POW (crew had baled out after earlier fighter attack took out the controls). Zweigart achieved an "eV" (endgultige vernichtung) in other words...