Date: 1944 Feb 03/03			A/C Type: P-51B Mustang		SN: 43-12485		Code: LH-		A/C Nickname:
File: 444		Airforce:  USAAF		Sqn/Unit: 354 FG - 353 FS			Mission/Raid: Ramrod Wilhelmshaven.
1	Pilot	2Lt. Richard H. Klein       POW					9	RWG
2	Co-pilot						10	TG
3	Nav.						11
4	B						12
5	E						13
6	RO						14
7	BTG						15
8	LWG						16
Boxted to Wilhelmshaven. Gave Mayday underway. Came down in Lake IJsselmeer (old Zuyder Sea), southwest of Stavoren. Civilians rescued him from the water. Became later POW.

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Several aircraft wreck positions were cleared west and southwest of Stavoren since 1945, but no specific reports or clue on a P-51B Mustang recovered. 




























































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