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Re: 10 August 1944 and 78th FG USAAF
Hello,
78th Fighter Group - 10 August 1944.
On August 10 (1944)*, Captain Charles Peal was leading his flight along a railway line near Saarbrucken searching for trains when he spotted twenty to thirty He111s and Ju52s hidden under camouflage nets in the woods beside a large grass field at Chateau Salines. Eleven 83rd Squadron pilots left fourteen of these bombers and transports blazing from their gunnery runs.
* Quotes date as 19 August, which is incorrect.
See:
Eagles of Duxford:The 78th Fighter Group in World War II.
Fry,Garry L.
St. Paul:Phalanx Pub.,1991.
p.75.
Col.
Last edited by Col Bruggy; 7th February 2013 at 11:56.
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