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WW2 USAAF LT COL TOM CONROY CAPT BEN WALSH HETHEL ORIGINAL PRESS TYPE PHOTO U39 | eBay

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Career Summaries - Luftwaffe Officers 1935 - 1945
Section G - K
GASTHAUS, Willi. (DOB: 06.12.16). (W.B.K. Oldenburg/Oldbg. I). 12.05.40 Fw., 4./JG 51.
08.07.40 Fw., 4./JG 51 unhurt - Bf 109 force-landed vic St. Inglevert after damage by Spitfires.
05.08.40 lost Bf 109 E-4 (White 6) no details. 25.02.41 Ofw., 4./JG 51. 26.02.41 lost Bf 109 E-7
when collided with another Bf 109 about 10 km SW from Calais, over Mardyck. 30.06.41 Ofw.,
4./JG 51. 01.11.41 Ofw., promo to Lt.(Kr.O./Fl.). 01.05.43 promo to Oblt. (Kr.O./Fl.). 24.09.44
Oblt., appt Staka 2./JG 102 (to 16.04.45). Postwar, joined the Bundesluftwaffe, rising to Obstlt.
Credited with 9 victories. †09.06.93.

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  1. http://www.ww2.dk/Lw Offz - G-K Apr 2024.pdf
  2. 9 Fotos WKII Jagdgeschwader 51 Willi Gasthaus Flieger Luftwaffe Orden F1.3 | eBay
 
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WW2 USAAF "THE WORRY BIRD" NAMED CREW AT DENVER, ORIGINAL PRESS TYPE PHOTO U58 | eBay
Crimea_River said:
Yes they were. Bader was famous on both sides and his downing provided a publicity opportunity for the Germans. After having a new set of metals legs parachuted to him, he was a guest of Galland and JG 26 where he was allowed to sit in a 109 as the pictures show before being shipped off to POW camps.
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One would think Bader should have declined such a publicity event for the other side. In Holland we would call it collaboration.
 
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WW2 USAAF "THE WORRY BIRD" NAMED CREW AT DENVER, ORIGINAL PRESS TYPE PHOTO U58 | eBay

Ford B-24H-15-FO 42-52582 The Worry Bird Denver Colorado 1943

Shot down by German fighters. Last seen going down with it's bomb bay on fire. B.B. Skaggs Crew MACR 3845. Fuselage parts recovered 1981:Boswiede/Giethoorn

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THE "WORRY BIRD" AT DENVER, COLORADO. AUGUST 1943
L to R. Front row.
Bombardier HINMAN
PILOT HOKE. F. SHORE.
CO- PILO NATHAN. M. JACOBSON.
NAVIGATOR : LLOYD. A. HART
L to R. Rear
Ball-gunner: Art Livingston
Radio.op. : GLENN SKIOMORE
Rgt. Waist : John Shea
Engineer : Clifford Lydic
Lft. waist THOMAS HUXLEY :
Tail gunner: Joseph TANNER
Pilots wife painted the "Worry Bird" on both sites of afc at Denver
 
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German Franz Steiner notice stick

Steiner, Franz Ofw Czechoslovakia 12 JG-27 (8/40), 8/JG-1 (4/42), 2/JG-11 (5/43), JV-44 (3/45) Fw 190A-4 Werk # 5713 "Black 1" (lost 5/21/43), Fw 190A-4 "Blk 3" (JG-1), Fw 190A Wk# 642523 "Blk 5" in JG-11, Me 262A-1a "White 5" in JV-44 EP
EK 1 & 2
Wound Badge
Fighter Operational Clasp Opposed the 306th BG on 21 May, 1943, suffering severe return fire from the B-17s to cause an emergency landing in Wk# 5713. One known victory, his 1st, a B-17 on 8 October, 1943. His 2nd, a B-17 on 9 October, 1943. His 4th, a B-24 E of Husum on 13 November, 1943. His 5th and 6th, both B-17s on 5 January, 1944. His 7th, a B-17 (HSS) on 11 January, 1944. His 8th, a B-24 at Salzgitter on 20 February, 1944. His 9th, a B-17 SW of Siegen on 22 February, 1944. His 10th, a B-24 near Gotha on 24 February, 1944. Opposed the 6 March, 1944 Berlin Raid out of Rotenburg. On this date he was shot down in Fw 190A-7/R6-4 Wk# 642523 near Haseluenne/Quackenbrück by a P-47 of the 56FG, piloted by Maj. James Stewart. He bailed successfully after his cockpit filled with smoke, but fractured his knee hitting the tail assembly. Of his 12 victories, 10 were bombers.

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  1. Kracker Luftwaffe Archive
  2. Foto Luftwaffe Flugzeug FW 190 A-6 der 2./JG 11 Wappen Husum Anfang August 1943 | eBay
 
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