I had a very nice chat with Henry Mohr this afternoon and learned quite a bit from him.
1. He doesn't remember the serial # or the a/c code letter.
2. It wasn't his assigned a/c he was just flying it.
3. This was his 15th combat mission with the 511th FS and he was a 2Lt.
4. There were 2 flights of P-47s and the mission was a low-level armed recon of POW camps. They were trying to determine if German units were attempting the kill their prisioners and they would attack if they saw evidence of this.
5. During a low pass he had to break off to miss a smoke stack and attempted to rejoin his flight which was low over the lake.
6. He touched the water during the rejoin and the engine quit making a making water necessary. He hit at 225-250 mph and the T-Bolt went straight down like a anvil.
7. He had no Mae West or raft and had given up trying to stay afloat and was actually under water going down when a boat showed up and someone suck a oar into the water which he managed to grab with the last of his strenght.
8. This was the 3rd attempt at recovery.
9. The backer of this was Doug Scroggins of Scroggins Aviation of Las Vegas, NV
http://www.scrogginsaviation.com/
10. The pilot in the flight that was at the recovery was named Powers. His name during the war was Machevarea (sp)
I'll be talking to Mr. Mohr further and will pass on any more information I receive.
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