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| Lt Thomas F. Layden KIA 28March45 MACR# 13621 P-47D 42-29126 Beuren-Grunberg, Germany |
| Photos of Layden crash site currently under investigation by German historians |
| Updated January 18th, 2007 |
| 395th Fighter Squadron Photo Album Page L-M |
| Alexander L. LeLoup |
| Lawrence P. Marsch |
| George Long & Dale Fortney |
| Marsch's nose art "Lady Grace" |
| Larry Marsch with his Crew Chief Sgt Joseph Surat |
| Wilbur H. Luker Ordnance |
| Larry Marsch & Bob Hellwig |
| Pike B. Martin Jr. KIA 16Aug44 Caen, France (Flak) |
| Jack Mass & his nose art "Pink Front" |
| Please visit the wonderful website of Bert Caris, Fallen But Not Forgotten, includes a wonderful biography of Lt Thomas Layden http://www.fallennotforgotten.nl/ |
14Jan45
Bf-109
Bf-109
| Hugh P. Mattews KIA 01Mar45 Langenzebold, Germany MACR# 12805 P-47D-30 44-20627 |
| Edgar M. "Pat" McCrone |
MACR Details:
Crash 14-08-44 TIME 12:00 LOCATION EAST DOMFRONT
PILOT MONTAG Thomas M Captain 0-732317 (25years)
ORGANISATION Location A-3 Air Force 9th
MISSION: Departure ALG Course 170°
Target of opportunity.- Armed reconnaissance patrol.
AIRPLANE: P47 D-25 A.A.F. Serial number 42-26393
ENGINE: R2800-59 P-14980
WITNESS: Richard KIK 1st Lt 0-745414 saw crash.
CIRCUMSTANCES: Weather haze to 4000 feet
Statement by Lt Kik:
Captain Montag started to strafe some trucks on the main
road running East and west through the forest of Andaine
in the vicinity of Domfront.
He went into a pass at an angle of about 40°, he hit the
truck it started burning.
He started to pull out and scraped the trees for about a
distance of 30 yds and then his tail caught a tree and the
plane crashed into the forest.The plane burst into flames
and the engine has been torn off and the only thing I could
see was a small part of the fuselage which was burning.
Crash 14-08-44 TIME 12:00 LOCATION EAST DOMFRONT
PILOT MONTAG Thomas M Captain 0-732317 (25years)
ORGANISATION Location A-3 Air Force 9th
MISSION: Departure ALG Course 170°
Target of opportunity.- Armed reconnaissance patrol.
AIRPLANE: P47 D-25 A.A.F. Serial number 42-26393
ENGINE: R2800-59 P-14980
WITNESS: Richard KIK 1st Lt 0-745414 saw crash.
CIRCUMSTANCES: Weather haze to 4000 feet
Statement by Lt Kik:
Captain Montag started to strafe some trucks on the main
road running East and west through the forest of Andaine
in the vicinity of Domfront.
He went into a pass at an angle of about 40°, he hit the
truck it started burning.
He started to pull out and scraped the trees for about a
distance of 30 yds and then his tail caught a tree and the
plane crashed into the forest.The plane burst into flames
and the engine has been torn off and the only thing I could
see was a small part of the fuselage which was burning.
| Monument to Capt Montag at his crash site near Domfront, France. |
| Robert Miller |
| Sgt Daniel Mohn Crew Chief |
| Capt Thomas N. Montag KIA 14Aug44 MACR #8155 P-47D-25-RE S/N 42-26393 |
| 23Dec44 FW-190 & Me-109 x 2 |
| LeLoup's A-2 |
| Temporary French grave of Capt Montag. A Farmer found the crash site and buried Capt Montag. |
| 25March44 Me-109 x 2 22April44 FW-190 |
| Marshall E. Mumaw Commander 395th FS |
| LTC Perego with Mumaw |
| Bob Miller after belly landing his crippled P-47 |
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2nd Lt. Thomas H. Moore
KIA 25April45
MACR #14097, Shot down by flak while
strafing near Wasserburg, Germany.
P-47D-28-RA 42-28954
Cemetery: Epinal Wall of the Missing
KIA 25April45
MACR #14097, Shot down by flak while
strafing near Wasserburg, Germany.
P-47D-28-RA 42-28954
Cemetery: Epinal Wall of the Missing
