Four German planes shot down in a single flight...

[crowdpleaser]

Goodman only fired 523 bullets to take down those Heinkel 111.



thats almost 1 shot 1 kill!!!

 

[david eastman]

Richard Audet of 411 Sqn got 5 single engine fighters in a Spitfire IXE on December 29th, 1944. 3 FW 190s of JG54 and a 109 each from JG 6 and JG 27. It was his 52nd operational sortie, but the first time he had met enemy fighters.

He then went on to post 5 more kills as well as 1 more shared and 1 on the ground, all in January 1945, before flak killed him on a straffing mission in early March.

hi, i am new to this but would dearly like any info at all relating to dick audet who married a relative of my mother in laws and of course we need to start some where to trace any information........regards..........dave............not sure if i will log in again yet so please contact me on [email protected]

 

[RATHED]

To me, the most incredible action described on " legends of WWII" from the Aircraft of the aces series is the flight by Capt William Schomo and Lt Paul Lipscomb on Mustangs, January 1945, in the Philipinies. They attacked a japanese formation of 12 single engines and 1 bomber. Schomo downed 6 Ki-61 Tony's and the Betty, Lipscomb geting 3 Tony's.

 

[k9kiwi]

thats almost 1 shot 1 kill!!!

So you don't design rockets for a living then.

 

[Cyrano]

 

[drgondog]

does anyone know of other German Experten (or just plain ol good fighter pilot) that got four or more US a/c in a day other than Mayer in the ETO? Same question for shooting down Brits in daylight?

Not talking about Afrika, and multiple missions ok.

Regards,

Bill

 

[DonL]

Hi Guys,

this is my first post here.

@ drgondog

Erich Hartmann shot down 4 Mustangs in 10 min. early 1944 over Romania with a ME 109 G6 without MV 50. Later in this fight he was alone against seven Mustangs in a Combatfight and he wasn`t shot down but was running out of fuel so that he jumped out of his ME.

 

[drgondog]

LOL- We call that "Chased" Down and counted the same as being shot down as he did not match a take off with a landing.

Seriously though I believe the encounter was in Summer 1944 in July/August timeframe?

 

[Njaco]

August 18, 1940 "The Hardest Day" Oblt. Gerhard Shoepfel, 9./JG 26 shot down four Hurricanes from 501 Sqdn in a matter of a few minutes when he bounced them, alone!

Alot of nightfighters also had multiple nights.

March 12-13 1943 - Oblt. Manfred Meurer of 3./NJG 1 downed 4 RAF bombers.
March 29-30 1943 - Lt. August Geiger of 7./NJG 1 downed 5 RAF bombers
April 16-17 1943 - Lt. Helmut Bergmann of III./NJG 4 downed 4 RAF bombers.

Theres many more.

 

[Njaco]

I Gotta read the posts better!

What I found for the begin of summer 44. Strictly fighter vs fighter, daylight, over France or thereabouts;

May 19, 1944 - Fw. Heinrich Bartels 11./JG 27 2 P-47s and 1 P-51 in 5 minutes.
June 6, 1944 - Hptm. H. Huppertz III./JG 2 3 Typhoons, 1 P-51 and 1 P-47
June 7, 1944 - Hptm. T. Weissenberger I./JG 5 5 P-47s
June 10, 1944 - Lt. Adolf Glunz 6./JG 26 3 P-47s
June 14, 1944 - Fw Heinrich Bartels 11./JG 27 4 P-47s