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Re: Did the Luftwaffe use captured Allied Aircraft as 'bogies' & 'spotter aircraft' frequently in the defence of the Reich?
Allied 'K' report shows that B17G A3+BB fell to an Allied N/F around 0615hrs on 23rd.Mar.1945 at Luvigny 30 miles W.S.W. of Strasbourg. The aircraft had been on an agent dropping and supply flight, being shot down after it had dropped the agents. Of the eleven man Luftwaffe crew six were taken POW and the rest killed.
Another 'K' report states it was the intention to use a captured P-47 to attempt to recon. to the Bristol area in the latter stages of the Steinbock attacks. To protect the pilot Ofw.Hans Schaefer 3(F)/121, in the event of capture, the aircraft was given German markings, but was to approach the UK using the IFF.
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