Re: BF110 Nightfighter gunner claims
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Originally Posted by Jon
Did many / any Luftwaffe Nightfighter gunners claim RAF four engined bombers with their relative light defensive weapons?
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Originally Posted by Jon
Did any ever shoot down an attacking Mosquito ?
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I don't see why not. Most of the flexible guns used by both sides were powerful enough to bring down any aircraft with liquid-cooled engines.
While I haven't studied German anti-Mosquito successes at length, I do know that the RAF sometimes did it for them. After taking off on the evening of August 3rd, 1944 an RAF Mosquito of 219 Squadron misidentified and attacked a Short Stirling bomber which returned fire (with their relatively light .303 defensive weapons) and shot down the Mosquito near Maupertus. I don't know which gun position scored the fatal hits.
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