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Re: KG51 losses on 23 August 1942.
Third attempt trying to put a reply through, has been stopped twice.
A German Army veteran told me the stitation on the Eastern Front was ofton quite fluid with no defined front line, and some times a mile or so between the main opposing forces. If Bibra came down in this sort of location it was probaly thought prudent to pick him up, I believe the KG 51 book indicates Poppenburgs aircraft came under Russian fire during the rescue. As this was at the start of a German Army offensive it seems likely that Bibras aircraft was recovered by the Germans hence the assessment at 15%.
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