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Originally Posted by Franek Grabowski
There is a bit of artistic licence in The Big Circus
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There's a lot and that makes it a brilliant book to read. It also gives a convincing (to me) picture of how it felt to be flying at that time. It's not so much use as an accurate account of historical events though.
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but I would consider another bridge another time being confused with Remagen. Not unusual in memories.
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I agree that events get confused but all the business about huge formations of Ar 234s with Me 262 escorts attacking at low level don't match the extensive records in German daily reports and in ULTRA.
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Re the dog fight, it seems USAAF also operated in the area, and this may explain disappearance of records.
Franek
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There are many German records of combats with American fighters during the Remagen bridge campaign. These usually took place away from the bridge, I guess because the Germans were intercepted early and possibly because the USAAF had the good sense to keep away from the powerful 'friendly' anti-aircraft defences round the bridgehead.