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Re: Cobras, Mustangs, Thunderbolts, Eastern vs Western front, Franek vs ...
Igor
6.3. the lead navigator of second bomber division made navigational error and was IIRC some 15 miles off course when German fighters attacked it head on. Because effects of head on attack was well known, escort was best around and forward of the lead bomber division but the navigation error opened to Germans opportunity to attack a weakly protected second division head on. So many of the bomber losses resulted from that.
Over Berlin IIRC clouds made it impossible to identify main targets.
Juha
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