Re: Herky Green's ground kills
Keith,
He did claim all of his ground kills on that particular mission (violating the orders, which were not to strafe)
His official credits of that day were: 2 Me 109 and 8 Me 410 destroyed, 6 Me 410 probably destroyed and 3 Me 410 damaged. (The "Me 410's" were actually Hungarian Me 210s). Although the US fighters overclaimed during the strafing (which was very common when the same targets were strafed by many different pilots and they were claimed multiple times) the Hajdúböszörmény-stationed two Hungarian Me 210 equipped Fast Bomber Squadrons were knocked out for a month by this attack.
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