Thread: The opponents of Gert Framm, JG 27
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Old 19th February 2019, 11:28
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Re: The opponents of Gert Framm, JG 27
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Originally Posted by VtwinVince View Post
Claim 5 is very early for a Spitfire.
Earliest legitimate claim I have found for a Spitfire was:

22.3.40/1245 by Harald Jung of 1./JG 20. His victim was Spitfire PR III
N3069 of PDU. P/O Claude Mervyn Wheatley, baled out but KIA when chute failed to open. Location given as 6km NW of Kleve/Dutch border, S of Arnhem

The first legitimate claims for fighter Spitfires occurred in the engagement between II./JG 26 and 66 Squadron (264 sqn Defiants also involved) on May 13th.

So yes, very early for a Spitfire but not impossibly so
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