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A GI ambulance driver shows a .50-caliber bullet attached to his dogtags. The bullet, shot from a strafing German fighter, embedded itself in his windsheild.
NIESJE EDELENBOS
Born 3 Aug 1933 - Died 24 Mar 1945 - Age 11
Niesje, 11 years old, was killed by a stray bullet from a fighter plane shooting at barges near Kadoeler bridge 1 mile further at the "Oldenhof" estate she was collecting firewood with her mother.
What was the name of the GI in the original story ............ Rick O'Shey?
While doing some research for a project, I came across this info:
NIESJE EDELENBOS
Born 3 Aug 1933 - Died 24 Mar 1945 - Age 11
Niesje, 11 years old, was killed by a stray bullet from a fighter plane shooting at barges near Kadoeler bridge 1 mile further at the "Oldenhof" estate she was collecting firewood with her mother.
(The following report's source is Polish Air Force Operations Record Books 1940-1947 1945-03 - No. 308 Squadron - F540)
ORB - 308 SQUADRON - Polish Airforce, B-77 - Gilze-Rijen, Holland Saturday 24-3-1945
The Squadron detailed for patrol over enemy-occupied Holland, but nothing worth while was encountered, because of poor visibility. Very intense and accurate flak from Deventer damages one of our a/c, which crashed on landing at base. Pilot safe.
A standing patrol was carried out by The Squadron in the Zutphen-Winterswijk-Arnhem area.
Only two jet planes flying at about 25,000 feet were seen. The enemy did attempt to attack.
Later the Squadron taken off on armed recce.
Rail lines and "cross roads" were dive bombed with good results.
6 "MET" were attacked by canon and "m/g fire", but because of very intense and accurate flak, results were unobserved.
One a/c attacked a small vessel near Harderwijk. Result unseen. Intense flak on this mission.
Hi rudicantfail, welcome to the forums!Hi there GrauGeist, I am new around here, but I found this forum by searching Google for infomation on just this topic. It seems to be a topic which has either never been recorded, or, there is just no interest in the topic. I can not find any specific references to civilian casualties at ground level who have be killed or wounded as a result of aerial combat, but during WW2, with the enormous use of aircraft in battle, there had to be a large number of people accidentally stuck by rounds fired in the skies. I had come across this reference to this unfortunate young girl before, but did you find any other sites giving such information to other incidents? I have hit a blank in my efforts to find documented reports!
Thanks in advance to anyone who can pass on any info.