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Old 8th August 2009, 16:02
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Re: German success against the Nijmegen and Remagen bridges.

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Originally Posted by tcolvin View Post
Thank you for the information, Nick; much appreciated.

I would also appreciate information about how the German jets bombed under EGON guidance, and the accuracy obtainable by their version of Oboe/GEE-H?

Tony
Ultra CX/MSS/T485/1:
Signed Jedele, Fhr., at 1600 hours 9th [March 1945]:-
Employment with III./KG 76 from 1(B% 4) 15 – 1545 hours on 9th, attack on Remagen bridge. Leading a/c £ Führermaschine £ was directed into the target area and to the point of dive though cloud £ Durchstosspunkt £.

NOTE:- Jedele controls Egontrupp Achmer (473/87)
BA-MA RL2 II/118: «Gen.Nafü (1.Abt.II) Vortragsnotiz betreffend Egon-Führung für Nachtschlachteinsätze auf Brücke und Brückenkopf Remagen» says that with good crews, accuracies of plus or minus 200m in range and 0.25 degrees in bearing were attainable.
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