Quote:
Originally Posted by CJE
Philippe Castellano, the man who dug up Saint-Ex's wreck, posted on a French board that when the German HQ learned whom Rippert had shot down, they concealed the whole thing and destroyed the claim files.
That sounds strange to me.
How did they learn it was Saint-Ex and when?
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And it sounds like a bunch of crap to me! The lack of evidence is not proof that the records were destroyed.
Here's the promised text of ULTRA XL 4317:
XL 4317
Fliegerdivision 2 total effort on 31st was 12 sorties including two Ju 88 security ASV [FuG 200] recce, three Ju 88 and one Ju 188 convoy recce, two Arado A/S patrol. Four Arado security recce. No losses.
Details:
One Ju 88 from 21.24 to 01.36 hours [GMT] Minorca, due east to Sardinia offshore to northwest tip.
One Ju 88 from 21.50 to 00.42 hours Marseilles - 4212/0615 east - off northwest Corsican coast - 4252/0615 east - Marseille.
One Ju 88 from 22.53 to 00.37 hours broken off at Spanish frontier at 23.55 hours.
One Ju 88 from 23.02 to 23.47 hours (on 30th) broken off in 4252/0415 east at 23.10 hours.
One Ju 188 up 10.21 hours convoy route African coast.
Two Arado 12.00 to 14.50 hours search recce to spanish frontier.
Two Arado up 16.46, down 17.15 hours, security recce Gulf of Lions to frontier broken off at 17.00 hours in 4252/0515 east.
Two Arado up 17.34, down 19.37 hours, security recce Gulf of Lions to frontier carried out.
One Ju 88 up 21.40 hours ASV area west and northwest of Corsica.
Secondly on 30th an experimental flight for fighters was carried out to North African coast (comment no details but XL 4202 para. C may be relevant).
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