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Re: Go-242 glider - aerial victory?
Hello.
I have seen similar claims for Horsas on the LW side....a famous combat of a KG 40 pilot is widely described and he was claimed (from memory) both with the B-24 AND the Horsa glider, who aligned on the water (see). It was a transit transport flight to N. Africa Theater of war...so...it is possible indeed.
Regarding the other possibility, it would be related to poor identification....was it a Go 242 (pure glider) or a Go 244? Maybe someone who has the LW loss list can share a light onto it....
If a Go 242, I believe the claim is genuine...maybe 2 were in tow and one was definetely shot down in flight (e.g.: hit and loosing a wing, then diving, etc.) and the other rather claimed on the ground, after it landed safely (or was it there on the Landing Ground at the Airfield?)...
Just glimpses of ideas passing through my mind...you certainly do have the Combat Report (does it exist?) and perhaps can share more details...
A.
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