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Re: III./JG 77 vs 12th USAAF, 1 Oct 1943
Thanks, Kaki, for prodding me to look at the MACRs. There are three for B-17 losses on 1 Oct 1943. The two 99BG B-17s you mention crashed in western Austria and Switzerland, and were shot down by I./JG 27 or III./JG 3 (claims are too high to identify the German pilots).The third, 301BG B-17F 42-30053, was shot down by Bf 109s on the penetration leg, and crashed north of Pisa. Bingo! This was Ubben's victim. Flak may have also shot at this plane, but the part of the 30-page MACR I've looked at doesn't mention it. I've gotten what I need; it looks like my Footnote subscription is paying off.
Horrido!
Don
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