JV 44 - First combat loss: April 5th OR 8th ?

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Originally Posted by Karoband

Both O'Connell, Production Log p. 211 and Foreman & Harvey, Combat Diary p. 232 ascribe Fahrmann's loss to the Thunderbolt of 1st Lieutenant John J. Usiatynski of the US 358th Group.

The following source, however, gives Usiatynski's victim on 8 April as Uffz. Wolfgang Severin:
www.armyairforces.com/rss-m125308.ashx

And this source gives Wolfgang Severin as a member of JV44:
www.me-262.de/home/jagdverband44jv44flu.php

regards,
Jim Geens

Great info!So ,April 5th,Cpt.Fahringer of 56FG shot down Lt. Fahrmann.
About this victory , in German Jets Versus the U.S. Army Air Force,it reads
"
The luftwaffe pilot tried desperately to get into a cloud ,but he was thwarted by insufficient cover.
"

In Steinhoff's The Final Hours:
"
He(Fahrmann) flew at high speed into the thin, yellowish veils of mist and realized immediately that his hope of escaping from the pack had been in vain.
"