1/Lt Robert W. Whitehead.
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N 48° 57.516 E 014° 31.976
33U E 465809 N 5422958
Místo, kde 11. dubna 1945 zahynul 1/Lt Robert W. Whitehead v troskách svého letounu P-38 Lightning.
The place where the 11th 1/Lt died in April 1945 by Robert W. Whitehead in the ruins of his airplane P-38 Lightning.
Waymark Code: WMAAEF
Location: Jihočeský kraj, Czechia
Date Posted: 12/13/2010
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CZ: Místo, kde 11. dubna 1945 zahynul 1/Lt Robert W. Whitehead v troskách svého letounu P-38 Lightning.
1/Lt Whitehead, príslušník 37. perute 14. stíhací skupiny 15. letecké armády, si se svými kolegy ten den dopoledne pripsal na konto nekolik z provozu vyrazených lokomotiv v jižních Cechách. Byl sestrelen v souboji s dvojicí nemeckých Fw 190 (jejich príslušnost ke konkrétní jednotce není zatím potvrzena, spekuluje se o bitevní eskadre SG 10), které se vracely na letište v Plané u Ceských Budejovic (opet pravdepodobne) z akce na Morave nebo v Rakousku.
Kronika obce Srubec doslova uvádí: "Brzy po jejich príchodu (nemeckých vojáku – pozn. FV) odehrál se nad Srubcem 11. dubna 1945 letecký souboj, pri kterém bylo sestreleno americké letadlo, které rídil kanadský pilot 19letý Bobby Veith. Letadlo dopadlo na pole pana Šulisty a celé shorelo. Mladý nadejný hoch-hrdina položil svuj život daleko od své vlasti."
EN: The place where the 11th 1/Lt died in April 1945 by Robert W. Whitehead in the ruins of his airplane P-38 Lightning.
1/Lt Whitehead, a member of the 37th 14th Squadron 15th Fighter Group Air Force, he and his colleagues this morning credited to the account of a number of retired locomotives operating in southern Bohemia. He was shot down in battle with two German Fw 190 (their affiliation to a particular unit is not yet confirmed, speculation on the battleship squadron of SG 10), which returned to the airport in the Czech Budejovice Plana (again presumably) from events in Moravia and Austria.
Chronicle village Srubec literally states: ”Soon after their arrival (the German soldiers - ed. PV) played over Srubec April 11, 1945 dogfight, in which U.S. aircraft were shot down, driven by 19 year old Canadian pilot Bobby Veith. The plane hit the field, Mr. Šulista and full restitution. Promising young boy-hero gave his life away from their homeland. “
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Location of waymark:
Srubec
Ceske Budejovice, Czech
37006
Commemoration: commemorating
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