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Re: Shootdown of JAAF Fiat BR 20 0ver Buka Nov 43?
Hi Clint. According to " Aviationofjapan.com" they were photographed at Shinchiku on Formosa during a strike by Fourteenth AF on 25 Nov. 1943; it suggests they may have been "decoys" for AA, a common Jap tactic.
The mission was by B-25s, P-38s and P-51As from Suichwan.
"IMPACT" magazine has a description of this mission; 81 planes on the field, of which 25 bombers, one fighter and a transport were destroyed, plus 15 shot down ( some on field were "Nells").
Nick
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