Sure and i read 45 day money 30 days club St. to provide escort for Eighth AF bombers returning from a mission against Villacoublay airfield, near As the P-47s approached the rendezvous point near Forges, they were jumped from above and behind by 16 Fw 190As of III Gruppe, JG.2. The Americans scattered, and 2nd Lt. S. flying at the rear of the 61st Squadron's formation, was hit on the Germans' first pass, a 20mm shell exploding his cockpit and rupturing his hydraulic system. Burned and blinded by hydraulic fluid, tried to bail out, but could not open his shattered canopy. As he dove for the Channel, he became one of three victories claimed that day by the Gruppenfuhrer of III JG.2, Oberst Egon Mayer, who claimed to have come close enough to make out the call letters HV-P of 's plane. As tried to fly home, he caught the attention of Georg-Peter Eder, another Fw-190A pilot who had just recently transferred to II JG.26. Eder's 20mm cannons were jammed, but he followed halfway across the Channel, riddling the American's plane with 7mm bullets until he finally ran out of ammunition. Eder then brought his Fw-190 alongside the crippled ship, shook his head disbelief that it was still the air, then rocked his wings salute and peeled off for home. Thanks to the P-47's ruggedness--plus sheer luck--the wounded was able to reach England, landing safely after a loop at RAF Manston, Picked up by a squadron mate who was flying unfamiliar British plane that almost crashed along the way got back to Horsham just time to hear Nazi radio propagandist Joyce, aka Lord Haw Haw, interviewing Eder. The pilot described the incident detail again including reference to 's call letters, HV-P and claimed to have seen his victim hit the water just short of England. Headquarters Squadron, 67th Fighter Wing, 8th AF, 's Cliffe, Station 367; Damaged 11Nov43 taxying at 's Cliffe; 53rd FS, 36th FG, 9th Air AF, Brucheville Crashed 13Aug44 at Carrouges, 21km SW of Argentan, MACR 8574. Pilot killed 6236rd FS 78th FG, 8th AF, Duxford, Station 357st Fighter Training Squadron 6th Fighter Wing, 8th AF, Atcham, Station 342; Accident 12Jun43 landing at Atcham; 495th Fighter Training Group, 8th AF, Atcham, Station 342; Accident 29Feb44 landing at Atcham; Declared war weary; Destroyed 13Aug44 by fire on the at Atcham; Condemned 14 6237st FS 56th FG, 8th AF, Horsham St Station 123; The Idaho Spud; Crash landed 19Apr43 at Goxhill; 62nd FS 551st Fighter Training Squadron 495th Fighter Training Group, 8th AF, Atcham, Station 342; Damaged 15Apr44 taking off at Atcham; Force landed 16Jul44 with fuel starvation Baggy Moor, near Bagley. The engine failed due to fuel starvation on a training flight during combat training with a Spitfire. Pilot 6238th FS 4th FG, 8th AF, Debden, Station 356; Crash landed 4Mar43 with engine failure at Debden; 336th FS Peaches; Shot down 28Jul43 by Hptm Rolf-Günter Hermichen Fw 190A-5 of JG 36, the aircraft crashed into a polder near Gouda; Pilot bailed out and became POW; Wreckage recovered 1989, found at Eendrachtspolder, N of Rotterdam, Netherlands 6239nd FS 56th FG, 8th AF, Kentucky Pud; Damaged 26Jun43 by a Fw 190A and crashed into North Sea off Yarmouth; Pilot rescued; Plane condemned October 31 6240th FS 78th FG, 8th AF, Duxford, Station 357; Hit by flak, sustained propeller failure near Lens, and crashed at Saint-Léger, SE of Arras, October 18; MACR 889. Pilot bailed out at 4ft, evaded capture and escaped to Spain. 6241rd FS 78th FG, 8th AF, Duxford, Station 357; Mid air collision 15Apr43 with P-47C 41 two NE of Eaton Socon near Bedford, Bedfordshire. The aircraft were on a simulated combat mission making head on attacks and failed to break away time. This aircraft lost a wing and went into