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Re: P-38 lost over Bulgaria on 26 August 1944?
Thank you, guys, for your inputs.
One key to solve this issue would be to find out what did 97th FS, 82nd FG, do on 26 August 1944? I could not find a description of the combat activity of this FS/FG.
I don't believe Stoyanov either identified wrongly the type, or he lied. He did not shoot down either a Fw 189, or a Soviet aircraft. It wasn't a recce version, either. So, I am convinced there was an air battle with P-38s over Bulgaria on that final USAAF mission over Bulgaria (there were many witnesses to it).
We need to identify which USAAF unit it was to get any closer to the solution.
P.S. Besides Stoyanov being officially credited with an air victory, three other Bulgarian pilots claimed P-38s, but were not credited with any.
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