CAPFlyer wrote:
The official line is that the squadron that Ready4Duty was assigned to was credited with a U-Boat in Feb. 1945. As the R4D-6S service was highly classified, many of the records relating to day-to-day missions and assignments were either destroyed or just not well kept. As such, which of the 20 aircraft assigned to the squadron actually made the attack credited with the kill was responsible, other records show that BuNo 50783 (now "Ready4Duty") was flying that day, in the same general vicinity (one of 2 aircraft assigned to the patrol area). There are photos in the Smithsonian showing the attack and presumed sinking, however none show which BuNo they were taken from (again due to wartime censorship practices).
The 2003 edition of Texas Warbird Survivors has a little more -
https://books.google.com/books?id=ZLE2U ... gs&f=falseWhile anything is in the realm of possibility I am skeptical of this claim. I would like to see the Smithsonian photos and more information on the unit. And while uboat.net might be missing details there are no U-boat losses in Feb, 1945 that match up. I want to believe, but want to see better details.
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