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Re: Battle of France video interviews with Stuka Pilot
Doolittle81,
While you may be absolutely right, I regret that the evidence available does not allow us to identify the French pilot(s) responsible with the certainty you suggest. No less than 11 'sure' claims were submitted by pilots of GC 1/5 following this action, together with 6 more 'probables', and Bouillon is cited in five of these. Lt Edmond Marin-la-Meslée claimed one Ju87 on the ground south of Bouillon his other two 'sure' claims in this action being even further south. Meantime, S/Lt François Perina claimed a Ju87 '8 km east of Bouillon' (confirmed by 47 ZOAE) which I consider the more plausible candidate for that flown by Migeod. Unfortunately, Cne Jean-Marie Accart's account of this action in his Chasseurs du Ciel (1946) throws no further light on the matter as he was not personally involved.
Congratulations to all involved in bringing this source to a wider audience through this forum. Excellent job.
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