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Old 7th July 2008, 16:05
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Re: Sword Beach D-Day

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Originally Posted by George Hopp View Post
Priller simply notes in his book that because his 3 Gruppen were elsewhere, the unit had only 2 combat-ready aircraft on hand. There is no comment on straffing the beaches.
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George
..wasn't this incident immortalised in Zanuck's film (1964) .....not having read Priller's JG 26 history I'd always imagined the events depicted in the 'Longest Day' were based on Priller's own account..if this is not the case, what then?
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