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Re: Mosquito shot down by Mustangs, 28th March 1944
Hi:
John Foreman's Fighter Command War Diaries Volume 5 says the Me 410 responsible responsible for the destruction of MM643 of 157 Sqn. was, based on available evidence, from SeeNotGr. 80, flown by Oberleutnant Langer. Time was around 11 a.m. according to Chorley.
I would not assume this aircraft was the one shot down by another 157 Sqn. Mosquito - Foreman gives this claim for an Me 410 by F/L Vincent as a night victory, though the location is close, off Great Yarmouth, according to Martin Bowman (who also says it was a night action).
The 157 Squadron aircraft lost the previous evening crashed as you know near Geesburg - a good long way from the North Sea. Most of what little I know about P-61s puts them over Belgium at around this period - see Erich's posts elsewhere.
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