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Soviet Airacobra and Friendly Fire
I posted this under the wrong thread name, so I am reposting. I am editing my father's war memoirs from the Murmansk Run (convoys JW52 and RA53 during the winter of 1942-43). His Liberty ship, SS Cornelius Harnett shot down on 1 March 1943, in friendly fire, a Soviet Airacobra that was on the tail of a German Stuka over Kola Inlet (Murmansk River). The book, "Liberty's War" will be published in May coincident with a museum exhibition about the story at the American Merchant Marine Museum, Kings Point NY (Long Island).
1) I am looking for a high res. photo of a Soviet Airacobra for the book and museum show. Most images found on the Internet are not sharp enough. Can anyone help? 2) I have had no luck identifying the downed pilot or his unit, and have read the translated works of Anton Palov and Valeriy Romanenko and the reminiscences of Soviet airman Nikolay Gerasimovitch Golodnikov. My hunch is that the pilot flew from the naval air base at Vaenga and belonged to the 2nd Guards, 19th Guards, or 78th IAP. Suggestions, anyone? |
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Re: Soviet Airacobra and Friendly Fire
Hello,
I do not know if it makes the search any easier or not , but the Tony Woods lists do not show any Luftwaffe claim for an Airacobra on the date given. So if anyone has details of an Airacobra being downed on that date in that area of conflict then it could be the one you seek. Good hunting Alex Last edited by Alex Smart; 27th October 2016 at 00:33. |
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