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cause of retrurn
Hi All,
Been browsing the net, and found interestingly that a flight of P-38's was intercepted by Ju-88's in Nov 42, and one shot down and one returned to cornwall,
So maybe there is another possibility of the reason for return, not only weather / mechanical problems / but maybe enemy action ? This might explain the lack of any mention of radio contact with the P-38.
Seems from net research that the P-38's went first to Ireland for modifications then flew out to NA.
But in this case, foreman for some reason definitely took off from Portreath for the flight.
Also seems a newspaper article in america in '43 mentioned he was awarded the DFC, ( bit more research... )
Thanks all, the trail is closer to the end but not there yet !!
Cheers
Jerry
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