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Old 21st November 2020, 15:05
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Re: January 22/23rd 1945 Jet activity?

Hi Steve,

ooh, don't get me started!

Me262s faced heavy bombers at night on only one documented occasion - over Pölitz on 13/14 January 1945 (ironically, a night when bomber crews reported sighting no jets).

The primary purpose of the small Me262 night fighter force was to combat Mosquitoes raiding the wider Berlin region.

Nevertheless, if Bomber Command crews are to be believed then the Luftwaffe employed jets against most heavy bomber night raids from late October 1944 onwards - a fallacy like the 86 Me262s and Me163s claimed destroyed in nighttime air combat by heavy bomber crews between November 1944 - April 1945.

With my rant over, I can confirm that Me262s didn't fly against the Duisberg/Homborn on the night of 22/23rd January 1945.

Cheers

Rod
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