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Re: Luftwaffe nightfighter loss 20th Feb 1944?
Stig,
Right, there are only 9, because one was lost during take-off (740057 of I/NJG 102). Also two of the rest 9 were reported as shot down by own AA and one crashed without any detailled reason. My point was that in theory there are several candidates but based on the reported locations I offered the most probable.
I have a total for the whole day (of different percentage) 35 Bf 110 of which 22 Werk.-Nr. are known.
As you have seen, identification of the aircraft type especially at night is very difficult and quite vivid imagination is needed when trying to find answers to questions of who shot down whom. Personally I am not too enthusiastic in looking for "killers" and trying to resolve how many of the claims are real kills and how much the pilots were overclaiming etc.
I prefer to preserve history of those poor chaps who lost their lives for their homeland, because they also were victims of the war besides millions of civilians.
Regards,
Matti
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