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Re: 1º Gruppo Caccia vs 15th AF, 19 Mar 44
Hi Marco --
My source for the 19 Mar 44 sortie date is one of the best I've got -- the I. Jagdkorps Luftlage map (Kart 44/1661 in the BA-MA). Jafü Obritalien also scrambled I./JG 53 and I./JG 77 on the 19th, and the data on the map can be checked from other German sources. The action on the 18th was against a 15th AF feint toward the Reich that developed into a raid on the north Italy airfields. It thus remained outside the area of the I. Jagdkorps, and didn't make it onto their maps or reports. Why the I. JK clerks might have put the Italians on their 19 Mar mission map if they didn't actually fly would be a real mystery, requiring errors at several levels.
Does anyone else have any theories on what the Italians might have been doing on the 19th? Any replies will be appreciated.
Don
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