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Old 3rd September 2008, 21:21
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Re: May 14th 1940 and few little things

I'm really pleased of your answer, Brian.
As i said, i was sad when i read the form of your message : "What do you think about.... But Henschel 126s ..." What is the real meaning of these last three words ? That French pilots were not able to make the difference between a Fairey Battle and a Henshel 126 ? I don't know the word in English, and i would translate it by "degrading". That's what i understood. And it makes me sad. As i already said, your attack against Grozibou became an attack against the french pilots. It is just a question of respect. They fought bravely with sometimes (many times...) bad aircrafts, and a lot died.

Arnaud Gillet didn't falsified anything, he just did not found the losses in the Luftwaffe. And he was right. He just made a mistake with his conclusion. The problem is that now, anyone copies this mistake without mentionning the source.

If you want to know more about this date, why don't you ask all your questions to Jean-Yves Lorant ? Or perharps you will wait to buy the new publication FalkeEins spoke about.
But be sure you can erase this event in your study. This is not an opinion.
I know that in other cases, French pilots committed friendly fires (Stiquel, d'Harcourt...), so please, stay polite. I'm not a child, neither someone who just read two or three books.
And i'm not GROZIBOU !!!!

Now, i had the answer i wanted to have. I'm not anti-Brian, and i understand that you were bored by ...
So, end of the "polemic".

Best regards,

Lionel

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