Boeing B-17F-120-BO 42-30813 306th BG, 423rd BS, Queen Je
annie shot down by Oblt Rudolf Engleder in FW190A-6 of JG 1/1 at Dorne, Belgium on Schweinfurt mission Oct 14, 1943. ( Note that would make it his 14 victory)
Aircraft was attacked by fighters which caused it to break in half. It crashed near Dorne, Belgium. 5KIA, 5POW MACR 820.
American
P 2Lt Robert McCallum (KIA); CP 2Lt Homer D. Fitzer (KIA)
N 2Lt Albert J. Prentice (POW; B 2Lt Paul V. Manning (POW)
E/TTG TSgt Marvin L. Bartlett (POW); RO TSgt John W. Drennan (KIA)
BTG SSgt James E. Dunford (KIA); LWG SSgt Ned L. Bostic (KIA)
RWG SSgt Austin H. Sadler (POW); TG SSgt Willard H. McQuarrie (POW)
Engleder, Rudolf Hptm 25 1/JG-1 (6/43), 2/JG-1 (12/43), III/EJG-2 (3/45), Stfkpt 10/JG-7 (4/45) Fw 190A-4 & 5, Fw 190A-7 Werk # 430177 "Black 7" (dam 12/16/43; wounded, bomber return fire near Twente) and Bf 109G-6 in JG-1, Me 262 in JG-7
Deutsches Kreuz - Gold
EP
EK 1 & 2
Wound Badge (12/16/43)
Fighter Operational Clasp 19+ bombers. One known victory, his 1st, a B-17 (HSS) on 22 June, 1943. His 2nd, a Spitfire V 25 km W of Rotterdam on 2 July, 1943. His 3rd, a B-17 at Westerholt on 26 July, 1943. His 4th, a B-17 (HSS) on 30 July, 1943. His 5th and 6th, both B-17s (HSS), one in the Breda area, on 17 August, 1943. His 7th, a B-17 at Oud Gastel on 19 August, 1943. His 8th & 9th, both B-17s, one 5 km N of Hanau, the other no location, on 4 October, 1943. His 10th, a B-17 on 8 October, 1943. His 11th, a B-17 (HSS) on 9 October, 1943. His 12th, a B-17 on 10 October, 1943. His 13th, a B-17 at Sittard on 14 October, 1943. His 14th, same day, a B-17 (HSS). His 15th, a P-38 in the Münsterland area on 11 November, 1943. His 16th, a B-24 at Ahlhorn on 13 November, 1943. His 17th, a B-17 (HSS) on 1 December, 1943. His 18th, a B-17 on 11 December, 1943. His 19th, a B-17 5 km W of Texel on 16 December, 1943. Temporarily blinded this date by return fire, he was guided to a safe landing at Twente by Ofw Piffer. His 20th, same day at Texel. OKL reports his 20th as a B-24 on 11 April, 1944, no location. A B-26 on 3/9/45 (said to be #25). Magnus Report.
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