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Re: Grasshopper´s war
Another case of collision reported in Grasshoppers at war, this time during the Battle of the Bulge (p.99):
During a low-level artillery directing mission over Bonnal (Luxembourg) an L-4 of 263rd FA Battalion (Staff Sergeant Juian H. Howard with observer 2/Lt Snowden Haywood both KIA, both DSC p.m.) got involved in a dogfight between a friendly fighter and a Bf.109. The L-4 was seen at one moment to zoom up into the path of the Bf.109. Both aircraft disintegrated in the collision.
Does anybody know the german unit involved if the story is correct. Or was it"just" the claim made by Lt. Vogt of 5./JG.26 at 11.15h near Bastogne (48th victory)?
Cheers
Michael
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