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Shootdown of JAAF Fiat BR 20 0ver Buka Nov 43?
On 8 November 1943, Lt. Eddie Marsh of VF-17, flying an F4U, claimed a Ruth -- a transport version of a Fiat BR 20 Type one JAAF bomber -- shot down over the airfield at Buka.
How widespread was the Japanese use of their limited number of these aircraft as transports in the Bougainvlle/Solomons area? A mis-identfication of a Mitsubishi G3M Nell seems a possibility.
Just finished reading Lee Cook, DIRTY EDDIE'S WAR, based on Marsh's letters, logbooks and diary.
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