 NAME
|
TP | - | M# | SER | - | BLK | - | MF | SERIAL # |
AF |
BG |
BS |
SC | RCL/# | V#-P | PHOTO CREDITS |
"106" |
B |
- |
24 |
G |
- |
5 |
- |
NT |
42-78106 |
15 |
459 |
758 |
~ |
~ |
03-2 |
N/A |
Starboard (Right) Side - "Tail Shot"
- Shown with Nazi-Germany
Markings
Flown by Luftwaffe
KG
200 (Coded NF+FL)
Landed 9 Jun 44, GER -
MACR 5783 Pg1 / Pg2
- Pilot Herbert L. Oleson
Contributor -
Glenn M. Strong Jr.
Mission 56 (Munich) -
After landing on a German glider field (thinking it was on the Swiss side), just
short of Switzerland.
Matthias Weichelt of Switzerland (in his
article) writes: "CHERRY II tries to reach
Switzerland via Vorarlberg. Coming from Bludenz it flies over Feldkirch,
Dornbirn and circles in the eastern area of the lake of Constance. Apparently
the pilot looks out for a safe landing strip. Since the broad canal of the new
Rhine between the Swiss village of St. Margrethen and Bodensee for local unacquainted
could be regarded as national border, the glider airfield Rinnsal near Gaissau."
Info Contributor -
Georges "Gino" Künzle
Never named "CHERRY II". The name
has been confused with CHERRY (42-78160).
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