ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 275221
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| Date: | Friday 11 February 1944 |
| Time: | 12:50 LT |
| Type: |  Lockheed P-38J-10-LO Lightning |
| Owner/operator: | 20FG/79FS USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-67821 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Kammerforst (am Salzbrunnen), Saarburg, Rheinland-Pfalz -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Kingscliffe, Northamptonshire |
The 79FS formation was bounced by Messerschmitt Me 410 fighters of II./ZG 26 and broke up.
Later on, the Lightning of Second Lieutenant Leonard S Smutko was engaged by 20 mm Flak of 1. and 9./leichte Flak-Abteilung 976 (o).
Smutkos came down under his parachute in a meadow near Krutweiler, right on the opposite bank of the Saar river.
German records state that Unterleutnant Lothar Steffen Smutko was taken to a hospital in Saarburg and then transported via Trier-Euren airfield to Oberursel Interrogation Center.
Sources:
BA/MA RL 14/70 (Luftgau-Nachrichten-Regiment 12, 8.Flugmelde-Reserve-Komp.) and the Flak-Report from NARA.
http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showthread.php?t=61512
https://www.americanairmuseum.com/person/146627
Google Maps
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Feb-2022 12:38 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 07-Feb-2022 12:39 | TigerTimon | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 08-Feb-2022 07:36 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 08-Feb-2022 10:54 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 08-Feb-2022 16:00 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
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