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Re: Rall's claims
Gentlemen,
if you compare the MACRs of the regarding P-47 losses on 12.05.1944, it looks like the three a/c of 56.FG belong to the three claims of JG 5 (Krupinski, Jahn, Lieberknecht).
According to German records, all these P-47 crashed in the area between Mannheim and Heidelberg (Grid Sqare TS), exactly (in time AND area) where JG 5 claimed three P-47 (all confirmed) and lost one 109 (Lieberknecht) to "Thunderbolts".
P-47 42-26025, 78.FG was shot down by 6./JG 1 (Oblt. Buchholz) over the Moselle (confirmed), so there's no P-47 left for Günther Rall...
IMHO and according to all known American and German sources, there's no matchable loss for Ralls two claims (and for the whole Rall - Zemke story) on this day.
Nevertheless, I can confirm the 56.FG's claims of Rall, Kutzera and Kastenhuber, because the locations and circumstances of these losses are known.
Hope this helps
Heuser
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