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Assigned to 357FS, 355FG, 8AF USAAF. Credited with 5 kills and 21 [Ground]. Hit by flak strafing Ansbach A/D baled out near Ansbach on 8-Apr-45 in P-51D 44-64011 'Miss Steve'.Bill Cullerton was not only a very good fighter pilot but a gentleman.
DidI mention survivor? Shot down strafing Asbach airfield, a mission my father was leading on April 8, 1945. Bailed out, and was captured by SS. When he suurendered his 1911 to the SS Colonel, the bastard shot him in the guts after telling Cullerton "For you the war is over' - and lft him to die.
A Jewish doctor rescued him and treated him in his attic until over run by US infantry -
Bill flew west around 2015 IIRC.
Bill's score was 5 air, 16 gnd, 13 of which were scored on two missions. He received DSC for 11-1944 mission.Assigned to 357FS, 355FG, 8AF USAAF. Credited with 5 kills and 21 [Ground]. Hit by flak strafing Ansbach A/D baled out near Ansbach on 8-Apr-45 in P-51D 44-64011 'Miss Steve'.
Gentleman gun slinger i would say.
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17th May 1940Grave Uffz. Michel vom Sturzkampfgeschwader 51 3./StG51
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So how did one get this info on his grave? Seems specific. His dogtag perhaps?17th May 1940
8./StG51 Junkers Ju87B-1. Shot down by Hurricanes of No.151 Squadron in combat north of Landrecies 10.30 a.m. Possibly that claimed by F/L Ives. Pilot Lt. Gerhard Wanke and Bordfunker Uffz. Siegfried Michel both killed. Aircraft 100% write-off.
Note: '3' in Luftwaffe parlance denotes 3. Staffel. 'III' denotes III. Gruppe, of which 8. Staffel was a part (7. 8, & 9. Staffeln formed III. Gruppe). Hope this helps.
So how did one get this info on his grave? Seems specific. His dogtag perhaps?
Any idea?
Thanks in advance.