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Originally Posted by RodM
Hi Don,
from a US IX TAC SITREP (AFHRA Microfilm A0803):
"2 TAF:
Day, 3 May: 523 A/C were on armed recce in the Kiel (C-53), Lubeck (S-98), Neustadt area. 312 A/C on pre-arranged cooperation, rail interdiction and anti-shipping strike. 175 A/C on fighter operations and 107 on recce. 13 aircraft were lost, mostly due to Flak. Claims: E-A (AIR), 14-0-0; E/A (GROUND), 36-0-29; M/T, 382-888; A/V, 1-5; Locos 3-21; RR cars, 34-60; and ships, 23-115 (ALL TYPES). H/D Veh, 2-3 and rail cuts 26."
Thus, you are, unfortunately, potentially looking for a needle in a haystack...
Cheers
Rod
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Rod !
it seems like a needle in a haystack, but, if we would know the time of the incident, we could exclude a lot of the tremendous air activities that day over the general area.
Is there any chance to find out the time of the straffing ?. The exact location is well known.
Horst Weber