Lt Urban Drews kill list?

[HARD_Sarge]

okay, think it was the BV 238, think he got it as a staffing kill (story I had read said it was a "kill")

believe he thought it was a BV 222, only finding out much later it was a BV 238

(at the time, thought it was funny, 3 or 4 planes attacked, but Drew got the kill)

(read about in a WWII Mag, the main story was the fight with the 262's, with a side bar story about the attack on the BV 238)

(should of been in Sept of 44)

[drgondog]

H_S - whatever the story was about, the only 8th AF VCB ground score award to Drew was the aforementioned He 111K.

[Jan Gazda]

Hi,

once again here is a link to history page of 361 FG website

http://www.361fg.com/Hist.htm

and it mentions the flying boat incident as taking place on September 17. By the way, Stan Stokes made a wonderful painting depicting this incident called A big victory

http://www.military-art.com/mall/more.php?ProdID=12132

Jan

[drgondog]

On Sept 18, the 375 FS of 361st FG scored as follows per 8th AF VCB

Drew He 111 (gnd)
Rogers (.5) BV 138 (gnd)
Travis (.5) BV 138 (gnd)

[Juha]

Hello
in old Aeroplane Monthly (sometimes early 90s IIRC) there was an article on the 18th Sept strafing of a big 6 engined flying boat but the conclusion was that the flying boat was a ex French, IIRC Laté 523, not BV 238. Conclusion was based on interviews of German witnesses

Juha