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Old 20th November 2014, 06:44
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Question Walter Schuck- 04/10/45 Oranienburg, B-17 Shot Down

Doing research on my father's mission #228 on 04/10/45. He, Capt Mel Fox, piloted B-17 # 44-8368. His plane was hit by a Me-262 in left wing. Plane caught fire, spun down.Crew bailed, all POW except for 1 death. Companion plane A/C # 43-38606 called " Moonlight Mission" shot down also by a Me-262, with 4 KIA and remainder POW. Father returned to USA months later as war ended. He died in 1978. Just found a story about Walter Schuck bringing down four B-17's that day at Oranienburg on 04/10/45. Wonder if he hit my father's plane that day? Read story about P-51 pilot Joe Peterburs chasing Walter during that battle, shooting out his jet engine with Walter forced to bail. Joe shot down too. Both lived. Decades later in 2005 Walter and Joe met as friends. It is possible they both are still alive? How to get in touch with Joe and Walter? It'd like to meet him, even if he shot down my father's B-17 of the 457th Bomb Group. If he did, what a remote chance... of meeting the German ACE who brought down by Father's B-17 crew, so long ago. Any thoughts out there? I secured my fathers WWII military records....all the data matches info I find on the internet. Bruce, Chas, SC, USA.
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