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Re: "Normandie" claims over Bf110, 13 july 1943
Hy everyone,
After translation of the Soviet archives of the various units of the 1st Army for the realization of my "Atlas of Normandy-Niemen".
It appears that the Niemen did not attack the Ktsyn bridge, it is an error in locating, the French took the wrong bridge when writing their report.
The French did not attack this Recceta bridge but a bridge over the Vitebets river.
The Ktsyn bridge is attacked by the 996th ShAP under the protection of 7 Yak-7s of the 513rd IAP who claim 1 Me-110.
The problem with the Normandie-niemen is that everyone is working on second or third hand work and no one is working on the archives.
It is also necessary to cross the archives of the different units to unravel the errors which are not uncommon in the Normandy reports.
Best Regards
Laurent
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