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Hallo,

on 5th August 1944 it comes to a fight between german and US fighters,
west from Hamburg. Could anyone please tell me the losses and the crash sites of the Germans on that day ?

Padu

Re: 5 August 1944

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Originally Posted by GKPadu (Post 149708)

Hallo,

on 5th August 1944 it comes to a fight between german and US fighters,
west from Hamburg. Could anyone please tell me the losses and the crash sites of the Germans on that day ?

Padu

Padu the 20th FG (P-51s) and the 479th FG (P-38s) had a series of fights in Hamburg area

Most of the claims were S of Hamburg, N of Hamburg and between Hamburg and Bremen. All of the claims were for 109s. Some of those may have been from 8. and 9./JG300