Walter Schuck flying in a Me 262 of JG 7 was shot down by this man flying a P-51 from the 20th fighter group on 10 April 1945. After the war they became good friends. Joe P. sent me several super pics signed. Here's a sample ....

well thought I would include this shot as well with Joe's hot rod in the background : "Josephine"
KI * B. Sent me a multi-paged interview-combat report of the 10 April 45 mission. Note the fighter pilot "look" ..... great pic

wow, quite fascinating erich

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have I got some sweet stuff to show since the last 2 days. An ace from the 352nd fg and a ground attack ace from the 355th fg have sent some marvelous items my way, also two very special interviews from two Me 262 encounters with US 356th fg pilots

sometimes life is just plain good ........... !

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Oemph! That are some GREAT pics, Erich! Can't wait to get to read the story of these guys!

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after receiving negativity by at least 5 vets on Hess's book on the US fighters agasint hets I think and I am thinking of doing my own book with my interviews of these pilots. have some neat combat reports as well as some gun cam footage to be included. have to ask myself though, why am I trying to delve into another book project ........ ?

after chatting with two pilots of the 356th fighter group the past two weeks concerning a Me 262 jet kill by W. Gatlin; photo and sigs coming soon, I just received an interesting and quite rare photo of pilot/ace C. Burdick from the 361st squadron, 356th fighter group. He had 7 kills as noted on the canopy although some sources only credit him with 5.5 kills. P-51 D, seial # 44015310, the name of the Stang was "Do Do" code : QI * B with a bar over the top that you can barely see. the glare on the center of the pic was on the original squadron negative from which this 8 x 10 photo comes from. Sadly Burdick is no longer signing anything due to being quite ill.

Gatlin responded quite favourably, what a neat guy and now expecting another from the same outfit and soon another one sent off who was a Ar 234 jet killer, one of the few that was able to down one of these low-slung jet-jobs.

am planning to have my son's fiance' do a little digi work soon for this site of the "stuff" I have collected over the years .......

keep at it guys !

those are great photos Erich!!

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Just arrived in my collection via e-bay and a US dealer, two examples of Robert Rosenthal's ( 100 BG ) signature, one on a bookplate and one on a crew photo with B-17 'Rosie's Riveters' in the background.....

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got a scan of that Martin ?

~ waiting for a 356th fg pilot, Barnhart's return mail with signed goodies and have slacked off writing the vets due to this time of year ....... hopefully they are with familie and friends celebrating the Christmas season.

my intentions are to do a series of scans showing the 356th photos and signed items after the new year, my good friend that does my digi/scans is on his back almost in a permanent mode

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Here they are....




I belive that 'Rosie' was one of the 8th AF's most highly-decorated airmen.

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holy dog poop ! just got back from a weekend type reunion with the mrs. familie and lo and behold sitting on my doorstep was some interesting 364th fg stuff and a very rare issue of Joiners 364th fg going now for well over $ 225.00 US. Privately printed for the 364th fg veterans and their families, very few of the book has seen light of day outside the association in book shops. Scanning over it very briefly it looks like a good companion with my JG 301 data as the two units met each other on several dates in 44 and 45.

more .............. later................ ♫ ♪ ♫

You got a winner there once more Erich, Congrats! I know what you'll be reading the next coming days.

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other things sadly have been keeping me away from the forums, so skipper have you had luck with your research in France by using the 364th fg book ? shortly I will be in contact with several of the pilots of the group for my work to be.....

more in 2 weeks guys the 364th fg rep and I had a good long 1 hr talk yesterday with some great news ..........

yee haw

dang nam it, wish I had a digi at my disposal as I just received from ace and friend Dick H. of the 78th fighter group a white/black Mustangs and Legends 2007 baseball style cap with his Mustang on the front and his signature on the side plus an all white polo shirt with the same Mustang Logo of his Stang mount

ah life is good !!

very very cool.............

Excellent, Erich. I was just wondering how Dick was doing. I still have to write him back as two of his mails got clogged up in the 6.000+ mails that I received after the pc-outage....

Are you still working with him on those two claims?

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hey Stevin !

yes Dick is doing fantastic and full of life. I have his two jet kills confirmed now if your interested. One was Hans Grünburg who was shot down on landing but was able to bail out literally in the last seconds wounded. The last pilot was killed in a crash, and both over the area of Saatz

That is awesome, Erich! Congrats on achieving that. That makes Dick an ace then! I am sure he is chuffed to bits with that. I remember he wrote me about those kills in his second email and how they were never confirmed and how it would have made him an ace. I'll write him soon...

BTW do you know what happened to Grünburg after the war?

Well done!

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Stevin I have been in contact with him this morn in relationship to his squadron patch which he is trying to remember who created it and why. He said the squadron never wore it on their leather flight jackets. yes a very fine man.

Achtung ~ Look out guys I have my digital now in hand...........more surprises....... maybe next week once I figure out how to use this thing between jobs

I wonder how many images are permissable on this thread ??