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On the 2nd of November 1944, a P-51D Mustang from 355 FG/354 FS was crashed near Putten, Holland. The pilot, Albert A.Zimmerman was evaded and helped by brave Dutch Resistance.
They [said], Zimmerman was a Jew, and must be kept [from] the Germans. Zimmerman evaded/escaped and was later a L/Col.Ret.USAF. The nickname of his P-51D was Pittsburgh Smoker.
I'm finding some info on Zimmerman...
From a military forum (edited):
From the littlefriends database:
We're gonna start with Red and Yellow Flights of the 354thFS... 8 ships... A mix of -51's... Gonna have some questions getting Zimmermans crate right....
Red Flight
One Marshall P-51D-10 WR-B "Jane III" 5 kills on canopy rail only
Two Zimmerman P-51D-5 WR-I looks same as Jane III no kills "Pittsburgh Smoker" NO PROFILE OR PICS Changed as noted below
Three Johnson P-51D-5 WR-J "Sweet Dorsey"
Four Rafferty P-51B-15 w/Malcom Hood WR-P "The Iowa Beaut" Shown as WR-A in pics below erase scores, no kills, and replace Man O War...
Dan, sorry to hear you're not feeling well, hope that doesn't last long!
I was trying my hand at finding details on Zimmerman's crate for the time period of September, which is turning out to be pretty difficult.
Bill, would Zimmerman have been flying Perry's rig on 11 September (as Thunderwagon), instead of Pittsburgh Smoker as his own?
And the final component is going to be skins for the B-24's of the 2nd Air Div, 392ndBG, 578thBS...
White rudders
Black Mid Bar
DC behind waist gunner
"N" in black bar
Gonna need 4 different versions of the -24 skin... Theres gonna be 24 of em at 22,000 feet, but close ups require only 4....
Upon further review, info above may be incorrect... Pic below is a skin for the 392nd BG / 578th BS... I dont know bombers...
578th Squadron Code: EC
• Tail Code: W
Found this pic below....
There may be some B-24s we can use found at b24.net...they have a good collection of ships from the 392ndBG, 578thBS.
I'm on Rafferty's skin (WR-P) at the moment, going along well!