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Did a Tsetse Mosquito shoot down a Ju 88?
Colleagues.
I found this information regarding an air battle over the Bay of Biscay on March 10, 1944.
on 10th March during a shipping attack by FB.VI and FB.XVIII aircraft, around eight Ju 88 fighters tried to interfere. The FB.VIs shot down two, and one then crossed in front of a Tsetse flown by Squadron Leader Tony Phillips. The pilot of the Ju 88 had what can only be described as a real ‘Oh dear!’ moment when he was hit by one the FB.XVIII’s 57mm shells (one of which neatly removed an engine from the wing). The remains of the Ju 88 – and there cannot have been a lot – fell into the sea!
Are there any details of this battle—location, time, number of German aircraft involved, and losses?
sergey
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