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Re: Two Bf109s shot down Italy
Checking MAW Vol 4 the data simply does not add up
According to the book 242 Sq claimed their two Bf 109 over the Adriatic, quite close to the Albanian coast
since in the list only Albania is mentioned.
These two aircraft were chased north before being shot down
The two 109s lost by Luftwaffe are listed as very close to Grosseto, which is a place quite close to the Italian
west coast, ie nowhere near Albania what so ever.
2./NAGr 11 is supposed to have been based at Littorio (Holm) at this time. I can only find a place called
Villa Littorio on the map which can't be correct since by our date the Allies were already in Rome.
Next stop for 2./NAGr 11 was Trevi, which is more likely so perhaps they moved earlier than Holm lists?
Whatever, I can't really see this German unit fly all the way to Albania and back....
So unless RAF or the Luftwaffe had no idea where they were, something is clearly wrong....somewhere.
Cheers
Stig
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