April 4: Wesendorf A/F base
 446th Bomb Group Commanding Officer Troy Crawford is seen on the right with General Timberlake on the left. Crawford was flying as an observer in an RAF Mosquito when his plane was mistaken for a German ME 262 jet fighter and shot down by his own crews. 

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A Mosquito, the type of plane in which Col Crawford was flying when he was shot down. He and his pilot were taken prisoner, but their luft stalag was liberated 10 days later

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

sta·lag (stä'läg', stăl'ăg')  

Luft, German for air.

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n.

A German prisoner of war camp for officers and enlisted personnel.

[German, short for Stammlager, base camp : Stamm, base, stem (from Middle High German stamfrom Old High German) + Lager, camp, bed (from Middle High German leger from Old High German legar, bed, lair; see lager).]