Completed 2023 Private Collection 335th Fighter Squadron ops officer Captain Louis H. "Red Dog" Norley, Jr. shoots down a German Me 163 rocket fighter at 1215 hrs. southeast of Leipzig on November 2, 1944.
Historical note: I correctly describe the Me 163 as 'rocket powered' in the caption, but I used 'Jet' in my title in the parlance of the times - see the combat report for this encounter below ...
Completed 2023
Private Collection
335th Fighter Squadron ops officer Captain Louis H. "Red Dog" Norley, Jr. shoots down a German Me 163 rocket fighter at 1215 hrs. southeast of Leipzig on November 2, 1944.
Historical note: I correctly describe the Me 163 as 'rocket powered' in the caption, but I used 'Jet' in my title in the parlance of the times - see the combat report for this encounter below ...