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Old 18th August 2009, 00:41
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Re: 14th FG mission on 8 February 1945

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Lambert says further:
"On 8 February, during a sweep near Vienna that followed bomber escort, the 37th Squadron was attacking rail targetīs when Lt Lawrence Bach spotted a flight of boogies in the distance. He gave chase and overtook some eight biplane trainers flying in tight formation. Bach dispatched two, probably destroyed a third, and damaged a fourth."
That location is puzzling and questionable. The little single-engine aircraft used by NS and Aufkl. units in Croatia occasionally were flown to Graz for overhaul or engine replacement, but I have never heard of any going all the way to Wien, especially at a time of extreme fuel rationing and the high danger of running into Allied fighters over southeastern Austria.

Larry
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