Lt Urban Drews kill list?

[Phas3e]

hi

Quick question I havnt been able to find a list of kills for Urban Drew.

I'm keen to know how many kills he had marked on the canopy of 'Detroit Miss' at the time of his October 7th mission where he shot down 2 Me262s

I recall they were his 4th and 5th kills but cant find anything to say so

Can anyone shed some light?

Thanks
Travis

[Jan Gazda]

Urban L. Drew victories:

25.6.1944 1x Me 109
25.8.1944 1x Me 109
11.9.1944 1x Me 109
18.9.1944 1 x He 111
7.10.1944 2 x Me 262

Jan

[Phas3e]

Awesome exactly what I need

Thanks

[drgondog]

Drew also destroyed a Ju 52 on the ground on 16 June at Toussos/Le Noble so that would have been on his totals.

The question is whether or not he put the 11 Sep and 18 sep scores on his ship before 'official' 8th AF VCB confirmation - they often took 4-6 weeks to get throught the system.

[drgondog]

Originally Posted by Phas3e

hi

Quick question I havnt been able to find a list of kills for Urban Drew.

I'm keen to know how many kills he had marked on the canopy of 'Detroit Miss' at the time of his October 7th mission where he shot down 2 Me262s

I recall they were his 4th and 5th kills but cant find anything to say so

Can anyone shed some light?

Thanks
Travis

no telling how reliable this decal is but it would represent post Oct 7 with the seven victory flags on canopy rail

Short answer - as few as three and as many as 5 prior to shooting down the two Me 262s

http://wp.scn.ru/en/ww2/f/165/3/15/26_b5

[Jan Gazda]

The 361 FG web page has this photo of Drew after his return from the sortie when he destroyed the Me 262s (according to the caption)

http://www.361fg.com/Main/Enlarge/375fs/drew.htm

Those seven victory flags probably include the Me 262 victories so before the action there were most likely five of them

Jan

[drgondog]

Originally Posted by Jan Gazda

The 361 FG web page has this photo of Drew after his return from the sortie when he destroyed the Me 262s (according to the caption)

http://www.361fg.com/Main/Enlarge/375fs/drew.htm

Those seven victory flags probably include the Me 262 victories so before the action there were most likely five of them

Jan

I SPECULATE that five is the right number to account for the 1 ground, four air scores - but I have never seen a photo of 44-14164 during the late September/early October timeframe.

[Phas3e]

Cheers for the interest guys,

I just had a reply from a member of the 361stFG association who say Drew mentioned having 5 kill marks at the time of his double kill.

[HARD_Sarge]

I thought he also had that big BV added to his total ?

[drgondog]

Originally Posted by HARD_Sarge

I thought he also had that big BV added to his total ?

Only non fighter I see is the He 111K shot down on 18 September