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L-5 Shoot down - 125th Liaisoon Squadron - 24 Dec 1944
On 24 Dec 1944 an L-5 of 125th LS was shot down by German fighters (claim of 2./JG 26?) just SE of Liège, Belgium.
Pilot S/Sgt Bernard B. Brown (ASN 18113743) was declared 'dead on arrival' in a US Army hospital in Liège. In Ken Wakefield's 'The Other Ninth Air Force' it is written: 'FUSA (= First US Army) Arty Air Officer, Major Bristol, reported that his Asst Arty Air Officers, Capt. Stevenson and Lt. Wilson, were shot down in an L-5 by enemy aircraft yesterday (= 24 Dec 1944) but are back on the job today.' To my knowledge no other L-5 was shot down in E. Belgium on 24 Dec 1944 and I wonder if the FUSA officers were passengers in the shot down liaison plane? Stevenson can be identified as Hugh K. Stevenson (O-464681) and Wilson as Deanel B. Wilson (O-1998514). Any leads welcome, thanks. Leendert |
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