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Old March 15th, 2006, 06:30 PM
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gents thought I would post this to all of you for your thoughts and I have sent the former Bf 110G-4 pilot a few "extra questions"

hallo,
es stimmt,der oberfeldwebel (bodenpersonal) und ich waren gerade dabei,meine maschine startklar zu machen,als in der abendsonne im tiefflug der platz werl angegriffen wurde.
vor der halle war eine vierlingsflak,mit der wir eine der angreifenden maschinen tarfen,die mit rauchfahne südlich von werl abstürzte.
da ich diesen abschuss nicht sofort meldete,bekam ich noch einen " Anschiss" !
hat der pilot der abgeschossenen maschine überlebt,wenn ja,adresse bitte !
horrido und alles gute
herbert scholl ( 5/NJG 1)

my response to him:

Sehr geehrter Herr Scholl

vielen Dank für die kurze, jedoch sehr interessante Episode. Der Pilot des von Ihnen abgeschossenen Flugzeugs (eine P-47D-30-RA) war Paul W. Mazal von der 513. Jagdstaffel (406. Jagdgruppe der 9.US Air Force), der beim Absturz seiner Maschine ums Leben kam. Sein Schiksal konnte erst kürzlich geklärt werden, nachdem im Sommer 2005 die Absturzstelle ermittelt wurde und eine seiner Hundemarken gefunden wurde. Weiterhin wurde sein Name auf dem Rücken der Pilotenjacke und die Seriennummer am Rumpf gefunden, was die sofortige Identifizierung erleichterte. Seit dem 10.Januar 2006 gilt er offiziell als im Einsatz gefallen.

mit freundlichen Grüßen

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Very interesting! Congrats on finding out this part of history, Erich! Well done. Mazal was a very experienced pilot. 1 DFC and 11 stars to his Air Medal. That is at least 50 missions....

Paul W. Mazal
First Lieutenant, U.S. Army Air Forces
Service # O-763693
513th Fighter Squadron, 406th Fighter Group
Entered the Service from: California
Died: 19-Mar-45
Missing in Action or Buried at Sea
Tablets of the Missing at Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery
Henri-Chapelle, Belgium
Awards: Distinguished Flying Cross with Oak Leaf Cluster, Air Medal with 11 Gold Stars, Purple Heart

His enlistment card:

ARMY SERIAL NUMBER 19069889 19069889
NAME MAZAL#PAUL#W############ MAZAL#PAUL#W############
RESIDENCE: STATE 91 CALIFORNIA
RESIDENCE: COUNTY 061 PLACER
PLACE OF ENLISTMENT 9170 SACRAMENTO CALIFORNIA
DATE OF ENLISTMENT DAY 16 16
DATE OF ENLISTMENT MONTH 08 08
DATE OF ENLISTMENT YEAR 42 42
GRADE: ALPHA DESIGNATION PVT# Private
GRADE: CODE 8 Private
BRANCH: ALPHA DESIGNATION AC# Air Corps
BRANCH: CODE 20 Air Corps
EDUC. SPEC. ## ##
DEFER. DATE MONTH 00 00
DEFER. DATE YEAR 03 03
SOURCE OF ARMY PERSONNEL 0 Civil Life
NATIVITY 91 CALIFORNIA
YEAR OF BIRTH 22 22
RACE AND CITIZENSHIP 1 White, citizen
EDUCATION 6 2 years of college
CIVILIAN OCCUPATION 992 STUDENT
MARITAL STATUS 6 Single, without dependents
COMPONENT OF THE ARMY 3 Reserves - exclusive of Regular Army Reserve and Officers of the Officers Reserve Corps on active duty under the Thomason Act (Officers and Enlisted Men -- O.R.C. and E.R.C., and Nurses-Reserve Status)
BOX NUMBER 0305 0305
FILM REEL NUMBER 3.27# 3.27#
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Stevin: thanks so much for the needed additions on Paul as I will send these on the morrow to Herr Scholl for his records

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