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Re: German Losses after 9th AF strafing April 5, 1944 on French airdrome
So many claims on different aircraft types...would Germans have built so many different wooden dummies for each type?
I have spoken several years ago with Bud Powell, a pilot of 352 FG, about a claim he made at Avord airfield. His aircraft had been damaged earlier at the time of its attack on Chateaudun airfield and I asked him, how he had been able to fly, strafe and destroy on the ground an enemy aircraft at Avord. Bud told me that he had never been at Avord that day but had returned to England accompanied by another fighter. He also told me that sometimes, the Officer who filled the report could make mistakes about the place. It is perhaps the case for Romorantin because there are several airfields in this area (Blois, Chateauroux,Tours, Orleans…). Now, who knows?
Frederic
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