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Re: Il-2 pilots with 10 or more aerial kills
This is from my notes from Panzertruppen 1943-1945 Thomas Jentz
Panthers operational
5 jul 184
6 jul 166
7 jul 40
8 jul unknown
9 jul 16
10 jul 10
11 jul 30
12 Jul 25
13 jul 43
14 Jul 36
from the book "Steel Inferno" Michael Reynolds
The Panzer Lehr PD 6 June 44 got badly hit by Allied aircraft according to it's commander it had 5 tanks knocked out along with 84 halftracks, prime movers and SP guns. It also lost 40 trucks carrying fuel and 90 others.
A Allied survey of knocked out German tanks in August 1944 Of 44 tanks (34 Panthers and 10 Pz IVs)20 were knocked out by ground fire 7 by rockets 2 by bombs 4 by multiple causes and 11 abandoned or destroyed by there crews.
In another area where the LAH operated near St Barthelemy 17 panthers were found . 6 were knocked out by army weapons 4 by air force rockets, and the rest blown up or abandoned by their crews.
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