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Old 31st December 2012, 16:40
Leendert Leendert is offline
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Re: P-47 lost on 4th February 1944 during Chiasso air raid

The online newspaper Le Confédéré (see http://doc.rero.ch/lm.php?url=1000,25,21,1945-01-12.pdf)
tells on p.4 under "Nouvelles suisses" of the 11-1-1945 attack on the train at the Chiasso station in which train engineer Mr. Bezzolo was killed and his assistant Mr. Moeschli was seriously wounded.
Story says that a dozen American fighters appeared over Chiasso at around 13.20 hrs and one fighter then strafed the train at a very low altitude.
It appears that another train was also strafed at the Mt. Olimpilo tunnel, which resulted in a wounded chef de train.

Regards,

Leendert
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