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Originally Posted by gian paolo
Hi Laurent
I have something about this action . just wait
All the best
gian paolo
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OK....
This is my first post and hope to be useful
I'm reasonably sure the dates 27 and 28/10 are both correct the 27 being the US time , the 28 the local time
Here is a brief summary of the action I have pieced together from 3 books (if you are interested I' ll give you the titles )
ON 27/10/1944 LTC Bill Reed led a formation of 16 p-40n ( 3 cacw fg ) on a train busting mission
After strafing a locomotive , Reed led formation over Japanese airfield at Kingmen catching an estimated 9 ki-48 liky and 8-10 ki-43 oscar on landing pattern
p-40 claimed 16 planes in air + 4 on ground for 1 loss - CAPT Bill Lewis bailed out on friendly territory because of engine trouble
the Japanese source I have give no total of planes lost but list 3 ki-43 pilots of 25 Sentai KIA
Best wishes
gian paolo