Robert Johnson vs Egon Mayer-Urban myth?
Just saw the latest episode of "Dogights"-the computer graphics WWII series.
The episode was the famous encounter of Lt. Robert Johnson on June 26,1943 with a Fw-190. In the episode, the narrator claims that it was Maj. Egon Mayer,Kommandeur III/JG-2. In Obermaier:Vol. I, it claims that Maj. Mayer shot down three P-47s on this date. This claim is also mentioned in Freeman's "The Mighty Eighth",where it is mentioned that there was a radio program interview with Maj. Egon Mayer in which he claimed that he had shot down three P-47s.
However, when looking at Tony Wood's list there are only two victories for JG-2 on this date, both by Ofw. Kurt Goltzsch of 5./JG-2. One is a P-47,the other is a B-17.There are no victories for Egon Mayer. JG-26 claimed eight (8) P-47s on this day.
Maybe we'll have to wait on to Eric Mombeek publish his JG-2 book to get to the bottom of this.
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