Russian shoot down of L-4 Cub on 2 May 1945?

[Leendert]

Bartlomiej,

In the shoot down story in #3 of the "Fieseler Storch" it says they claimed another one as well, I belatedly realized.
In the book by Ken Wakefield it comes to light that this second one may just have been a US Army L-4 too.

On 2 May 1945 it is written:
"XIII Corps Arty Exec., Col. Williams, called and reported incomplete details of two AIR OP losses on May 2, both believed due to action by Russian aircraft."

And 2 May continues:
"84th Div aircraft - no one hurt. He requested that we check at Army Group level on action taken to keep Russian and our aircraft from tangling. Called Maj. Lefever (..) who stated that 'no-fly' lines had been established between Russians and ourselves at SHAEF levels."
This Inf Div was in the area around Salzwedel in early May 1945.

84th Div L-4 likely 43-29706 (87-H) with pilot Lt. Miller who got hospitalized with a bullet wound in the hip, this according an entry on 4 May 1945.

Regards,
Leendert