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Re: Lent papers - a question
Göring was on 13th September in Kielce and decorated some pilots of I./ZG 76 with E.K.II`s.
The loss of Lent`s aircraft on the 9th is easy to find. Even in GQM`s loss lists it is stated as "emergency landing". But also in the war diary of I./ZG 76 and in other German documents.
Franek, the aerial combat of 131 eskadra with a "Me 110" is one of many legends published in Poland. You surely mean the victory of por. Lech Grzybowski. But he fought with a lone Heinkel He 46 of 4.(H)/23. The aircraft fell to the ground near Ozorkow. Both aircrew died.
I wrote about this in "Lotnictwo Wojskowe" in my article about the dyon III/3.
Concerning por. Lapkowski`s combat on the 9th please read my article about Pursuit Brygada in the newest issue of Militaria XX wieku.
The book "Lent Papers" does not contain unknown first hand accounts for the Polish campaign. You will find more of them in my book "Jagdflieger". I used there Lent`s personal accounts for the first two days of September. The rest of it seems to have been gone lost.
Marius
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