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Re: Lancaster III, # EE135, PO-Y, Squadron 467, Pilot P/O Arthur Long RAAF
Further information from Jörg Helbig.
Claims around the time of the loss of EE135
Flak: 23.20 Uhr 3./300, 1.-4./908 as Lancaster Ketsch-Speyer
Fighter 23.21 Uhr Oblt. Martin Becker I./NJG 6 as Lancaster Speyer (first claim ever)
and poss. going to the following Wild Boar Fighter as "Morale Booster" too:
23.20 Uhr Obfw. Kurt Grieneisen 5./JG 300 as Lancaster over Objekt/Mannheim and
23.20 Uhr Fw. Hans Kugler 6./JG 300 as Lancaster 5 km SE of Objekt/Mannheim.
Both JG 300 claims were full confirmed by the RLM.
Plane must have taken a direct hit and blew up.
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