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Originally Posted by Laurent Rizzotti
Interesting document, thanks Nick !
Just a remark: the document says the aircraft was probably going to drop supplies over Saint-Nazaire. The German pocket there had an airfield where German aircraft could land.
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The airfield they used there was Escoublac, still in use at least as late as mid-April 1945. More than one of the "Atlantic fortresses" had airfields but landings weren't always possible for various reasons, so supply drops were used instead.