German Focke-Wulf Fw-190 after belly-landing at the American Orconte Airfield in France, Nov 1944. This plane was flown by USAAF Lt Bruce Carr who made his escape by stealing it from a German airfield in Czechoslovakia.

Caption     German Focke-Wulf Fw-190 after belly-landing at the American Orconte Airfield in France, Nov 1944. This plane was flown by USAAF Lt Bruce Carr who made his escape by stealing it from a German airfield in Czechoslovakia. ww2dbase
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1. Commenter identity confirmed David Stubblebine says:
18 Jan 2023 01:01:41 PM

Lt Carr flew with the 354th Fighter Group and in Oct 1944 his P-51 Mustang succumbed to flak over Czechoslovakia. He evaded capture for several days before finding a German airfield with a fully fueled fighter in a revetment near the woods. He sneaked through the perimeter fence at sundown and entered the airplane’s cockpit. He sat there all night as he figured out the controls, which were all marked in German. At dawn, he got the engine started, taxied to an open area, and opened the throttle wide. Once airborne, he flew wide open at tree top level toward France, drawing small arms fire once he crossed Allied lines. As he arrived at his home air base in Orconte, the control he thought would lower the landing gear did nothing. With time wasting as ground crews were readying their 40-mm guns, Lt Carr belly-landed the plane. Bruce Carr was well decorated throughout his career in WWII, Korea, and Vietnam but he received no special recognition for his escape or delivery of an only slightly banged up Fw-190. (Air Force Magazine, 1 Feb 1995)

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