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Referring to updated Czech resources thirteen U. S. pilots were killed in strafing runs.
Eleven fatalities were reported in April 1945 when – six on a single day (on April 17, 1945). The most frequent cause of such loses was fire of light AA guns defending Luftwaffe bases. The 4th FG lost three its members. The attached table provides an overview.
BTW, the mission report of the 368th FG says 2/Lt John H. Banks's plane was hit in the vicinity of the town of Pirna (Saxon), some 40 miles out of the crash site...
Sources:
RAJLICH, Jiří. Mustany nad protektorátem. Praha : MBI, 1997. 175 s. ISBN 809022381-8
VESELÝ, Martin. Hvězdy nad Krušnohořím : letecká válka nad severozápadními Čechami 1944-1945. Praha : Naše vojsko, 2005. 128 s. ISBN 80-206-0793-5
