3 march 1944 Italy

[Nick Beale]

Originally Posted by Trendle

Hi,

Only one parachuted. This was Unteroffizier Herbert Treff. He came down near Viterbo in his Fw 190 A-6 # 550929 near Viterbo. The other two were killed -> Feldwebel Werner Kilchling near Viterbo and Feldwebel Josef Merkel near Tuscania, 15 Km west of Viterbo

Fred

This is not correct. From 4./JG 2 Uffz. Walter Sauder took off at 11.24 local time on 3 March. He recorded: "Enemy contact with c. 150 bomber & fighter aircraft in the Cassino area. Bailed out due to aircraft damage". This information was shared by Erik Mombeeck who used a copy of Sauder's Flugbuch in his research for his JG 2 history.

Originally Posted by orso polare

do you have news of the other German pilots shot down that day (Uffz. Walter Sauder, Fw. Herbert Schäfer, Fw. Albert Palm, Uffz. Walter Haas)?

I am not sure what you hope to find. We know from American and German sources where the day's combats took place. Anyone who parachuted would probably fall somewhere in that general area, give or take winds and the length of time and man waited before abandoning his plane (at 500 km/h a minute could make a difference of 8 km). To get the exact places they landed would mean finding pilots' letters or diaries or reports from people on the ground (ground troops or civilian authorities for example) if these exist.