Claim for Bücker131 on 4th April 1944

[Brian Bines]

Seeking details of the single engine Biplane shot down by W/C Braham in a Mosquto of 613 Sqd. on 4th April 1944 . Braham's combat report said it was possibly a Bü131 which disintegrated under his fire at 1545 hrs. The RAF Victory Claims list by John Foreman gives the crash location as St.Jean d' Angel . I looked on the GQM Training Units losses but could not find this one , unless its a very late report

Thanks
Brian Bines

[Matti Salonen]

Maybe this:
1944-04-04, 3./JGr. West, Fw 44 J, 2838, Fontaines-d'Ozillac, 19 km nördlich Bussac-Forêt
Flugzeugführer Fw Brett, Albert, +
Flugzeugführer Ofw Haninger, Rudolf, +
Durch Mosquito abgeschoßen um 15.40 Uhr. Bruch 100 %.

Matti

[Chris Goss]

Quite a distance from St Jean D'Angely but the only Mosquito claim this date; time and cause match

[Brian Bines]

Thanks Matti for this , as Chris said the only Mosquito claim that day and details match . Braham's report give the following as his approximate point of contact with the Fw 44 - 45 deg 15 min N. 0 deg 45 min W - if I am identiying this on Google maps right it looks like by Saint-Estephe to the S/W of Fontaines-d'Ozillac .

The VDK site for the graves of these two airmen is given as Tantanes de Ozellas a location I cannot find so it looks like a misspelling of Fontaines-d'Ozillac

Regards
Brian Bines

Any else having trouble signing on to TOCH I keep getting a note sayinu Internal Server Error ?

[Nick Beale]

Originally Posted by Brian Bines

Any else having trouble signing on to TOCH I keep getting a note sayinu Internal Server Error ?

Have a read of this thread: http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showthread.php?t=64997

[Brian Bines]

Cheers Nick

I had to have my computer repaired and I started losing TOCH just after this , so knowing little about the workings I did mot know which end the problem was with .I had missed the thread you sent with only getting on occasionally

Regards
Brian Bines