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LW Aces in a Day Versus USAAF
Gentleman:
A recent post referred to Obfw. Ernst-Wilhelm Reinert's 7 claims on the 13 March 1943 in Tunisia against USAAF P 39s and P 40s, which seem to corroborate to a reasonable degree with USAAF loss records. This looks like a rare example of a LW pilot making 'ace in a day' versus the USAAF. I could only think of a couple of other possibilities without an exhaustive search:
Cheers Don (Boomerang) |
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Re: LW Aces in a Day Versus USAAF
Hptm. Theodor Weissenberger of I/JG 5 scored five kills on 7 June 1944 over Normandy:
P-47 at 0905 P-47 at 0926 P-47 at 0927 P-47 at 1715 P-47 at 1716 |
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LW Aces in a Day Versus USAAF
Hi guys
According to Wood's list, Major Egon Mayer (102 victories, RK-S, killed in action 2 March 1944), Geschwaderkommodore of JG 2, claimed four P-47 fighters and a B-17 four-engined bomber (85-89) on 1 December 1943. Please note that one of the P-47 fighters (88 ) may be a double counted victory. I hope that this helps somewhat. Horrido! Leo |
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Re: LW Aces in a Day Versus USAAF
Gentleman:
Thank you for your information. It looks like there are a few examples of LW pilots making ace in a day versus the USAAF. Appears that P 47 losses (twenty seven) on 7 June 1944 were significant - a tough day for the Thunderbolts. The USAAF Chronology at the following website lists P 47 losses on 1 December 1943 as 5 lost, 1 damaged beyond repair and 3 damaged: http://paul.rutgers.edu/~mcgrew/wwii...ml/Dec.43.html Thanks again, Don (Boomerang) |
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Re: LW Aces in a Day Versus USAAF
The 56th lost three air to air and the 355th lost one on 1 December so it is possible that Mayer got all 4 although they ranged from Koblenz to Cologne. From Tony Wood's lists I suspect the 3 56FG losses were Mayer - it's hard to be definitive as several more 47's were claimed than actually went down.
Must also be noted that at last three C/L from battle damage back in UK. |
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Re: LW Aces in a Day Versus USAAF
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Nonetheless, as the 'ace in a day' term is used from time to time, I was interested in LW pilots achieving this feat against the USAAF, even though it would not have been acknowledged in those terms by the LW. It is also clear that 5 victories in a day would have been achieved on many occasions by LW pilots against the RAF and (particularly) the VVS - perhaps a topic for further discussion! Thanks for drawing attention to a point I overlooked in my initial post. Cheers Don (Boomerang) Last edited by Boomerang; 14th April 2007 at 14:32. Reason: Correct typo |
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