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Originally Posted by drgondog
"1000 Destroyed" by Hall is decent but many more factual errors - for example, Hall claims that the Green pick up of Pierce Mckinnon on 18 March 1945 was first Mustang "Piggyback Recue'. In fact Royce Priest rescued my father Bert Marshall, Jr on 18 August 1944 NE of Paris - exactly 6 months before. 354FS/355FG - both P-51D's.
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Actually the first 'two seater' was FB382 PK-G, in which S/L Horbaczewski brought back W/O Tamowicz from a forward airfield in Normandy on 22 June 1944, both from 315 Sqn. Cockpit arrengement was later photographed with W/O Słoń instead of Tamowicz, and send to press agencies. It is interesting if this influenced further piggy-backs.
