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B-26 declared lost on August 17, 1944 (current result of my works) :
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B-26 declared lost on August 16, 1944 (current result of my works) :
Source : MACR
serial number
plane type or name
squadron
code
date lost
reason
mission lost on
pilot or crew
41-35019
B26C-20-MO
386 BG
552 BSRG-
Aug. 16, 1944
crashlanded
?
42-96284
B26F-1-MA
386 BG
552 BSRG-
Aug. 16, 1944
Flak
France
MACR 7647
B-26 declared lost on August 18, 1944 (current result of my works) :
Source : MACR
serial number
plane type or name
squadron
code
date lost
reason
mission lost on
pilot or crew
41-31953
B26B-30-MA
"Buzz-N-Bitch II"386 BG
552 BSRG-T
Aug. 18, 1944
crashlanded
?
42-107736
B26C-45-MO
12 BG 17 BS
?
Aug. 18, 1944
?
?
MACR 7531
43-34211
B26G-1-MA
386 BG
554 BSRU-
Aug. 18, 1944
Flak
Raimbeaucourt
(59283)MACR 7787
B-26 declared lost on August 19, 1944 (current result of my works) :
Source : MACR
serial number
plane type or name
squadron
code
date lost
reason
mission lost on
pilot or crew
42-107797
B26C-45-MO
12 BG 319 BS
?
Aug. 19, 1944
?
Rhone Valley ?
MACR 8007
B-26 declared lost on August 20, 1944 (current result of my works) :
Source : MACR
serial number
plane type or name
squadron
code
date lost
reason
mission lost on
pilot or crew
42-96010
B26B-50-MA
12 BG 17 BS
?
Aug. 20, 1944
?
?
MACR 7865
42-107728
B26C-45-MO
12 BG
17 BS?
Aug. 20, 1944
?
?
MACR 7866
42-107735
B26C-45-MO
12 BG
17 BS?
Aug. 20, 1944
?
?
MACR 7867
The other twin-engined planes declared lost on August 17, 1944 (current result of my works) :
Source : MACR
serial number
plane type or name
squadron
code
date lost
reason
mission lost on
pilot or crew
41-3468
A20B
12 BG
47 BS?
Aug. 17, 1944
?
?
MACR 8091
Description of this victory by Heinz Knoke and different information :
Heinz Knoke Informations
Personal comments
Source
I flew for the f... page 165Date
August 17, 1944Type of claimed plane
MarauderPlace of the interception
Crash Location
Marauder's Presumed mission
"...the runway suddenly erupts in geysers of earth, just when we return from opérations against the advancing American tanks and are about to land. Then I notice , shimering in the hot sky overhead, a pack of some twelve Marauders." Doubtless the objective of bombers was Ballancourt's airfield.
Any information, plans, photos concerning this airfield would be the welcomes,
Thank you beforehand !Schedule
"In the evening...
... just when we return from opérations ... ...and are about to land.
We attack them, although fuel is running dangerously low."Ballancourt's takeoff
and landing to Brétigny.Weather report
Clear sky and very warm temperature.Knoke's Unit
III./JG1
Description of the fight
"In the eveningthe runway suddenly erupts in geysers of earth, just when we return from opérations against the advancing American tanks and are about to land. Then I notice , shimering in the hot sky overhead, a pack of some twelve Marauders. We attack them, although fuel is running dangerously low. Three are shot down by my men ; a fourth is credited to me." Detail 1
"We are obliged to land at Bretigny, because of the number of deep crater-pits in our runway.
Durind the night the squadron is moved to Marolles." In August, 1944 3 airfields were allocated to the JG1:
Brétigny-sur-Orge,
Ballancourt-sur-Essonne,
Marolles-en-Hurepoix.
If Knoke's Unit landed to Bretigny then moved to Marolles one can deduct from it that the bombarded airfield was that of Ballancourt.
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