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Re: Pe-8 Losses
During July 1943 German nighfighters made claims over the Eastern Front on the nights of 1-2 (1 PS-84), 4-5 (1 PS-84), 9-10 (1 Pe-2), 11-12 (1 DB-3), 14-15 (2 DB-3, 1 TB-7), 16-17 (4 R-5), 17-18 (2 DB-3, 2 R-5, 2 TB-3, 1 SB, 1 Pe-2, 1 unknown), 18-19 (2 Db-3, 2 U-2,1 Mitchell, 1 PS-84), 19-20 (3 DB-3, 1 Boston, 1 PS-84, 1 unknown), 20-21 (4 DB-3, 3 Mitchells, 3 TB-7, 1 PS-84, 1 TB-3, 1 Li-2, 1 R-5), 21-22 (1 TB-7, 1 DB-3), 27-28 (1 R-5, 1 DB-3), 28-29 (1 DB-3), 29-30 (2 Ps-84) and 31-1 Aug (3 R-5, 1 PS-84, 1 DB-3).
Possible candidates for the Pe-8 may be the TB claims: 5 TB-7 and 2 TB-3 were claimed (By the way 2 TB-7 were claimed over Helsinki by 3./JG 302 pilots (Ofw Egbert Jaacks and Fw Dieter Rusche) during the 26-27 Feb 1944 raid).
The name of the German pilo is known for all the claims above
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