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Re: Information concerning loss of Uffz. Fritz Fritzlehner - killed 17.08.43
On 17 Aug 1943 146 B-17s of the 3rd BD were dispatched to attack Regensburg around noon. In the afternoon 230 B-17s of the 1st BD were dispatched to attack Schweinfurt.
Oblt Dippel’s Bf 109 was shot down near Gerolstein in the afternoon. This loss is not related to the first series of attacks on the group of 146 B-17s.
Source: JFV Vol. 10/III (page 113 with footnote 339 to Caldwell’s error).
Regards
Leo
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