355th Fighter Group 11.Sept.1944

[Matthias Radu]

Mirko,

very interesting thread. Is that the airfield in GI-Lützellinden or GI-Wieseck you are talking about? Is the museum located on the premises of the airfield? Since I live nearby, I would be interested to learn more about the items on display, opening times, etc.

Bill, here is a link to a map of the area:

http://www.viamichelin.fr/viamicheli...6&empriseH=400

you can scroll the map to see adjacent areas (Frankfurt is south of Bad Nauheim f.e.)

Giessen is located some

- 67 kilometres north of Frankfurt am Main
- 17 kilometres east-north-east of Wetzlar
- 33 kilometres south of Marburg
- 120 kilometres south-west of Kassel

Best regards

Matthias Radu

[Flugplatz Giessen]

Hello Bill, Hello Jan, Hello Matthias,

thank you so much for the answers and the help in the case of Mc Curry, Morgen and Rafferty. Sorry for my late answer to you e-mails. But I´m often very busy with my work. Next Sunday I will sent you emails with pictures and more files and informations about the 355th Group, JG 53 und JG 300.

Bill, I have located the crashplace of morgan too. He crashed near the village Hassenhausen, north of Gießen. 1km away Ofhr. Baer, JG 53 crashed and died in his plane. I have JG 300 losses on this day. Sunday you have the complete informations.

We have seven former WWII airdromes in my area.

Gießen airfield was a "Flughafen I.Ordnung". Then we have the airfield Ettingshausen near Grünberg (Sept/Okt.44- Mrz 45 JG 2 was stationed here), Nidda (Harb JG 2) and Kirchgöns near Butzbach. These airfields are around Gießen.

The next airfields in the Marburg area (ca.25km north of Gießen) are Bracht (a small airfield north of Marburg (20km)), Kirtdorf (east of Marburg (35) and Marburg-Wehrda (Gilder Field).

Wetzlar is west of Gießen (15km) and Klein-Rechtenbach south-west of Gießen. It is very sure that rafferty and mc curry comes from north an flown over the airfield Gießen. I have two eye whitnisses. They saw the planes flying to southwest Klein- Linden. In Klein Linden (south of Gießen 1km) there was railway flak. They heard the flak fired an then they saw smoke by both planes. A ressident of Klein Rechtenach saw Mc Currys plane. He comes from northeast and crashed in way to southwest. Rafferty also. On Raffertys crashplace you see that correct because the trees were damaged from east to west.
The Rest follow Sunday.
Regards

Mirko

[drgondog]

Matthias - Thanks for the link. Mirko thanks for the 'Map'. I can see why the 354 and 358FS pilots were referring to Marburg and Kirchain as a/f locations.

I just tried to upload pictures of WR-R and WR-P as well as photo of Morgan and 3 gun camera images from my father's Mustang, each related to 2 destroyed and on damaged.

Will try again later

Regards,

Bill

[Flugplatz Giessen]

Hello Bill, Hello Jan,

please sent me you private E-Mail Adress with PM. I will sent you the pictures of the JG 53 pilots, the names of the pilots and the complete crashplaces of all losses 11.Sept.44 in our area.

Thank you.
Regards
Mirko

[Disbos]

Hi Mirko, could you post exactly where your museum is and when it is open please. I will be passing through your area in the summer and would like to visit.
Many thanks, David

[JanZ]

Hello Mirko,

I sent you my personal address through PM, but did not hear from you... is all OK?
Best regards, Jan
(Ich mechte probiern dass auch in Deutsch... Ich schicken meine e-mail Addresse an deine Personal Message, aber habe keine Antwort von dich... Ist alles in ordnung? (I live in sudetenland, close to the border, but especially thanks to visitors of our museum I talk a little in your language...)
MFG, Jan

[Flugplatz Giessen]

Hello Jan,

it is all okay with me. I´m working as a manager and I was on tour with some sales man of my company.

I sent you a email with my private email adress.

Regards
Mirko