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Old 13th July 2018, 08:46
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Re: Kesselring

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Originally Posted by VtwinVince View Post
so he would have had to have flown at least 40 combat flights to earn it in bronze, or 60 for the silver grade.
Bronze was for 15 combat flights.

Kesselring wore the bomber clasp with numbered pendant. So he must have flown at least 200 missions. Some websites even state that he wore the “400” pendant. I don’t have any proof to back up the 400, but if he wore it there must be some information avaialble.
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