Thread: James Ginger Lacey-attack on 12 Bf109s-Sept 15,1940
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Old 25th July 2017, 15:10
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Re: James Ginger Lacey-attack on 12 Bf109s-Sept 15,1940
There are several instances of stories in which the leader of an air formation ignored warnings by wingmen about approaching enemy aircraft and continued on course, with disastrous results. I have read of such stories for German, Soviet and British units at least. Maybe this was the case there, with the last German aircraft being flown by rookies having a hard time just to keep formation.
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