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Re: Soviet VVS attack over Austria in early March 1945?
For me too... So let's think about moolight and rather straigth valley's surrounded by mountains covered by snow (March 1945). True the area is not perfect for low level strafing or recce missions but compare it with the air support of Budapest. They flew at night as well. I think it's not completly impossible. I was forwarding reports from that time. If they are true or not that's what I try to find out.
Let's have a look at the map attached. Assuming their base was Taszár in Hungary they had not more than 240km to fly. From this base Styria is even closer than Lower Austria. I am not much into soviet recce tactics of that time but I know the Yak-9DD fighter still had a single 20mm ShVAK cannon on board...
Kurt
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