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Originally Posted by Broncazonk
Was that kind of information outlined in a Jagdwaffe staffel mission briefing? As in, "men, intelligence suggests that today the so-called, Tuskegee Airmen, will be in the air against us. Be on the lookout for red tails."
The breath and depth of a typical Luftwaffe mission briefing has always been a question of mine.
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Bronc
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I would imagine that who they were up against would emerge after action rather than before, either through pilots reporting distinctive markings on opponents' planes or reports in the foreign press. Also, of course, each side listened in on the other's R/T traffic. The Allies had so many units to deploy that I doubt the German fighters would have any idea exactly who they'd face on a given sortie, just that opposition was all but inevitable.