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Originally Posted by HGabor
Paul,
In 1944 the Pe-8 crews still had several gunners, so they must carry (and use) guns and ammo.
Berlin, btw, was bombed by the 25 GvAP DD Pe-8s as well on March 13, 1943. Cheers,
Gabor
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Gabor,
Indeed they did. The Pe-8 was armed with 5 ShKAS machine-guns and 2 ShVAK cannon, as far as I remember from the literature.
Am I correct to assume that no Pe-8s were lost on March 13, 1943, either? It is strange that these raids, performed by small numbers of low performance aircraft, appear to have suffered a lower loss rate than comparable RAF operations.
I have sent you a PM.
Warm regards,
Paul