[Dan Gilberti]

A report of the French "Gendarmerie" from Dijon am 5/5/1944 states that U.S. and RAF fighter flies over the airfield Longvic shade is in a fight 5 German planes:
The RAF pilot was Wing Commander Geoffrey Horace Goodman, owner of Distinguing Flying Cross (DFC) commanding the squadron 151 (from October 1943 to November 1944).His navigator was Flight Officer Thomas WFE.
It will on this occasion another prestigious decoration: DSO (Distinguing Service Order).
The plane was the Mosquito MkXIII MM446 coming from Predannac in Cornouailles.l.
Geoffrey Goodman to him that does not assert that only four planes:
His report indicates the start of mission 16 hours, he spotted a Kettel 3 Heinkel 111 flying east to 2000 feet.
They set fire engines of the first bomber to the left of training, he will fall in fire and will be seen consuming the ground with all his crew.
It then calls the second one (leader), who hit engine will fall on fire in turn, three men were observed by parachute, the aircraft will also be observed consuming ground.
He shoots the third which fell in swirling engine and fuselage hit, again, three men could be extracted fitted with a parachute ...
At that time Goodman was the perfect vertical base, he sees a fourth aircraft flying to the North
The fourth plane was observed a wide detour to the west, heading towards the south a month its right engine hit and stopped firing the Mosquito ignited the right engine, also touched the fuselage and sent the plane fall a spin and crashed in flames in the north-east of the Dijon airfield.
Amic, Dan