Friendly fire incident USAF and Lancaster DV171 2/1/1944 Help needed.

[Beagletorque]

Did F/O Rix have anything to say on the matter at the time?

[JDCAVE]

Thanks for that Ian. I agree with your assessment as it seems a more logical conclusion. I shall forward to you Black’s recollection of the event that night, as published in David Bashow’s book, “No Prouder Place”. Bashow was of the opinion that the event was a chance encounter with a KG 200 aircraft.

Jim

[ianh]

Hi Beagletorque. Not really. They put it down as an unidentified enemy a/c.

Jim - email received, many thanks. I’ll try to reply properly in the next few days.

Ian

[jossleclercq]

Hello

I might mention the obvious, but DV171 was lost later, on 24 September 1944, during a daylight raid on Calais. The crash site is now inside the Channel tunnel complex. LM636 crashed nearby on the same raid. Some bits from DV171 have been recovered in the 80es by a local group. This thread brings some news details I didn't know.

Joss