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Ofw. Franz Menzel's claim June 28., 1944
Hi everybody!
I'm trying to verify the following claim: On June 28, 1944 Oberfeldwebel Franz Menzel from 10./JG.301 shot down a B-24 from the 485-th BG., 15-th AF. during a bombing raid over Bucharest. This was his 3-rd kill. Did he fly a Me 109G-6, WkNr. 160211, "Black 3" on this day. Was he injured after (or during) the attack? The above information was compiled from the sites below: http://members.fortunecity.com/pkassak/28jn44.htm http://www.cieldegloire.com/jg_301.php#pertes1944. It's maybe good to add this: 3 B-24 from the 15-th AF. crashed during the Bucharest raid on June 28, 1944 - 2 of them in Rumania and one in Bulgaria. All 3 were shot down by German pilots. (Luftwaffe claimed 13-15 bombers - s. Tony Wood's site "Combat Claims" http://www.lesbutler.ip3.co.uk/tony/tonywood.htm). In all three MACR's for the bombers one can find the information that any of the shot down a/c was attacked by 4 or 6 Bf 109, firing 20 mm shells simultaneously. Is it really possible at all to define that Menzel was the one who shot down one of the 3 bombers or could this be any of the pilots in the claims list? Best regards! Yves
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