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Denes Bernard

From the info I have and history books of the 15th AF BG's and FG's which attacked
Pipera and Otopeni as well my entire data base which is very accurate, this is what I
can say about Stoyanov's claim :

- The ETA of the BG's at the target was planned for 10:30 am

- By aprox 11:30 am SSW of NIS the 82nd along with the
bombers entered accurate flack and were engaged by some 16 ME-109's

- The engagement took place S.of Nis

- If Stoyanov flew as far as Nis and hit one of the P-38's
then noticed trailing smoke that would explain his claim .

- From other records of 82nd FG there is no mention that any of the
P-38's were hit or experienced problems returning to base once the
engagement took place .Gardner caimed an MC-202 though this
also due to an error as this of Stoyanov because I doubt that
MC-202's were present in the area .

Stoyanov did not fly to the Greek border , there were no Russian or German
acfts with P-38 similarties involved neither Stoyanov claim was a real one .

Alex K