28. A Daring Flight
Upon reaching Allied territory, ground troops opened fire on Carr’s FW190. To avoid friendly fire, he flew just above treetop at 350 mph. After flying about 200 miles, he reached his airfield. Unable to deploy the landing gear, or communicate via radio, Carr made a belly landing before his daring escape was ruined by his own airfield’s defenses blasting him out of the sky.
Military police surrounded the crashed FW190, and refused to accept Carr’s word that he was an American airman. It was finally sorted out when the group commander arrived, and identified his missing pilot. Carr is the only Allied pilot to fly off on a mission in a P-51, and return to base in an Fw190.