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Escort Fury,
by Robert Bailey
April 10, 1945. Oberleutnant Walter Schuck of JG-7 (206 victories) boldly
attacks a B-17 formation southeast of Berlin, and is in turn shot down by
fighter escort pilot Lieutenant Joseph A. Peterburs of 55 Fighter Squadron.
Oberleutnant Schuck has ejected the canopy of his Me–262 , and fighting the
fierce slipstream, is levering himself up prior to parachuting away from his
stricken aircraft. Lt. Peterburs was also shot down this day and taken
prisoner, but escaped and fought with the Russians until the end of the war.
THE
SIGNATURES:
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Oberleutnant Walter
Schuck
(Me-262 pilot)
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Lt.
Joseph A. Peterburs
(attacking Mustang pilot)
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Lt.
Norm Achen
(Mustang pilot)
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Oberleutnant
Kurt Schulze
(Me-109 pilot)
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Captain
Ron Nash
(B-17 pilot)
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Everett
'Bud' Miller
(P-38; 5 Air-to-Air Vic. )
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Robert Winks (P-51; 5.5 Air-to-Air Vic.)
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Lew Maynard
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