Posted By Carsten Petersen on March 21, 2006 at 11:44:30:
In Reply to: Re: Flak Unit that Downed the Liberty Run posted by Harry on March 21, 2006 at 08:36:11:
It would help if you gave the date of the incident and the American unit involved. Somebody out there might be able to help you.
: : I am performing research for our town history. The American historian Terry
: : Janes and I, solved the mystery about the Liberty Run, which was
: : downed by flak near my home town in '44. Now we know more about the
: : plane and it's crew than about the flak unit. I tried to get more
: : information from the official German side, but they told me, that most of the
: : writings of these units were destroyed. Is it possible, that there is an
: : organisation in the states who has copies of old German WWII documents
: : in their archive?
: The town is 10 KM southwest of Kasselin near the village of Grossenritte in Central Germany. The flak unit who downed Liberty Run near this town was the Flakgruppe Kurhessen known also as Flak-Regiment 103, a unit of the Kurhessen flak and a part of the flak ring Kassel.Information and/or pictures welcome.
: : Sincerely,
: : Harry