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Old 14th July 2008, 18:07
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Re: A ?? RE: an ace pilot's description of a dogfight:

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In July 1943 there were Two (oops 3 - 4th, 56th and 78th) P-47 Groups to escort ALL the 8th AF BC bombers. This is before the 1st Schweinfurt and Regensburg missions of Aug 17, 1943,
Just made a correction to my bold statement about only two groups - I forgot the 78th went into ops in mid April
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