MACR 10226- 2nd Lt Davis P-38

[Joerg Dietsche]

Is the crash site at Stotzheim south of Euskirchen or Schweinheim close to Bonn?

STATEMENT of 2nd Lt Wayne E. Phillips 5 Nov 1944

At approx. 1430 on 3 Nov 1944 Lt. Davis and I were circling at 9000 feet above the target area 1 mile southwest of Stotzheim, Germany (grid coord. F-337258). I was flying position blue two, Lt Davis was blue flight leader; we were on a dive-bombing mission. Acting as top cover we were
Flying above the overcast while the other two flights made their bomb run. Suddenly at this time a burst of heavy flak exploded directly beneath Lt Davis plane and it immediately caught fire. His plane pulled up, turned over on its back and went into a dive in the overcast. I called Lt Davis on the radio and told him to bail out, but there was no acknowledgement. I never saw his plane again after it went down through the overcast below me, and I observed no parachute in this vicinity.

Any Info welcome

Jörg D