L-4J crew recovered after crashing into a haystack avoiding an Fw 190 near Naumburg in 1945

Dead and injured crew of Piper L-4J Grasshopper 44-80603 are removed from their aircraft that crashed into a haystack avoiding an attacking German Focke-Wulf Fw 190 fighter near Naumburg on April 12th 1945.

Aircraft history:

80603 (MSN 12899) delivered to USAAF at Lock Haven, PA, transferred to Army Ground Forces Headquarters, Artillery Air Section, Ninth US Army, Liege [A-93], Belgium 9Feb45; Maastricht 11Feb45; 50th Mobile Reclamation and Repair Squadron 14Feb45; 5th Armored Division Artillery [54-F] 25Feb45; wrecked when crashed into a haystack avoiding an attacking German Fw-190 fighter 12Apr45; 50th Mobile Reclamation and Repair Squadron 15Apr45; salvaged