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Originally Posted by Jon
Thanks for the info Laurent.
Yes certainly it is possible it was an allied attack by mistake although the Paras definately claim it was a German aircraft. Also as it was vital the bridge was held intact would it not have been on every Allied Fighter Bombers map as a definate DO NOT BOMB target ???
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Originally Posted by Jon
Probably but "friendly fire" bombing or AA fire was so common during the Normandy campain that it is my first idea. There were many rivers in the aera and errors were still common there in August 1944, when the Allied advance at the same time as the Battle of Falaise.
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The bridge was taken just after midnight and by 10am they had fought off several German counter attacks including tanks, so the Germans definately were aware who owned the bridge but wether it had filtered back to the Luftwaffe and they planned an attack is,i agree a good question.
Thanks again.
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JG 2, JG 26, SKG 10, SG 4 and ZG 1 were active in daytime/dusk against the D-Day landings.
In morning, SG 4 and JG 26 weren't able to send missions AFAIK. I knew that JG 2 flew a bombing mission against Allied ships, so bombing the bridge would be an opportunity target... a really strange one IMOO. At this stage of the battle, both Pegasus bridges were probably the only ones in the Allied beachhead and I don't see how German pilots will be aware of it. Have no details about SKG 10, except that they flew 3 missions in the day and only one was intercepted by Allied fighters and turned back.
British troops holding the bridge were under attack by local troops mainly.