Fw 190 loss 28. Sept. 1944

[Heuser]

Does anybody know which 9. AF unit claims a Fw 190 of JG 2 25 km south of Koblenz (St. Goarshausen area) at this day?

Regards, Heuser

[Heuser]

I´ve got some more details about this loss:
Fw 190 A-8, Werk.Nr 171 531, Gefr. Richard Himpel (1./JG 2),
and a problem:
-"Luftkampf mit P-47" (German sources)
-"Shot down in combat with two Mustangs" (eyewitness)

Did anybody have further informations about claims of USAAF-units in this area for that day?

Every information is welcome,

Regards, Heuser

(And a big THANK YOU to "Kaczmarek" from Luftarchiv.de)

[Chris Goss]

341 & 411 Sqns each claimed 2 aircraft (no details) whilst American fighters claimed 27. American claims appeared to be in the Magdeburg/Halberstadt area although there were 3 claims in the Arnhem area and a FW 190 at Bingen

[Chris Goss]

Sorry I do have the RAF details-2 near Eindhoven (341) and 2 near Nijmegen (411)

[Heuser]

Thank you very much!
Bingen is only 15 km away from the crashsite...

Best Regards, Heuser

[Chris Goss]

In that case 1750 hrs 1/Lt Robert L Young 356 FS FW 190 destroyed near Bingen

[Heuser]

Great work, thank you again. Did the 356 FS use P-47 or P-51? I found both coded with AJ-...

Best Regards, Heuser

[John Manrho]

P-51 Mustang AJ-E was flown by Lt. Young on 28 Sept 1944.

cheers,

John.

[Heuser]

I´m impressed! Thank you all!
Today I visited the grave of Richard Himpel and it was in good condition.
My eyewitness told me, he saw a Fw 190 between two Mustangs on this day.
After hearing machine gun fire, he saw the german pilot bailing out in low altitude, but his parachute didn´t open completely...
One thing very interesting for me:
The answer of this witness about the type of US-aircrafts: "Definitly Mustangs!!! We could distinguish between Mustangs and Thunderbolts!"
In 1944 he was ten years old...


I´m sorry about my dreadful english, but I hope it will be understandable...ops:

Best Regards,

Heuser