62.FS/56.FG % Ar 234 kill on 03/14/1945

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Stephane,

Thanks for yor reply. This is a good start.

Problem is that 4 Ar 234 B-2 were shot down on 03/14/45:
- Hptm Hirschberger (killed))
- Lt Amann (killed)
- Fw Bäumler (bailed out and survived)
- Fw Schultz (bailed out and survived)

- Capt. Donald S. Bryan 328. FS/352. FG shot down Hirschberger in the vincinity of Elsaffthal close to Vettelschoss

- 1st Ltd Robert E. Barnhart 360. FS/356. FG shot down the empty autopiloted Ar 234 on the route from Bielefeld to Hildesheim, after Bäumler bailed out (P-38 damaged his Arado before)

- My assumption is that 1st Ltd Warren S. Lear (50%) plus 1st Ltd Sanborn N. Ball (50%), but also 1st Lt Norman D. Gould (100%) - all 62.FS/56. FG - shot down Amann in the vincinity of Koblenz (actually between towns of Rennerod and Seck).

- If my assumption on Amann is correct, I refer to the to the book "Arado 234 Blitz, Smith & Creek, Monogram p.203f): there is only a Tempest of No.222 Squadron RAF left over - so this must have shot down Schultz, who managed to bail out, lost an arm and came down in the vincinity of Waldbröl.

Questions:
- Is my hypothesis correct that Lear, Ball and Gould shot down Amann?

- Was Schultz shot down by a Tempest of No.222 Squadron RAF?

- Could you do me a favour and look up in Olynyk's book what is said regarding Barnhart?

Best regards,
Mario