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Originally Posted by Andrey Kuznetsov
According to Kriegsmarine, it was MAS-boats success. More surprising that Fliegerführer Süd (i.e. local Luftwaffe command) after investigation had accepted the Kriegsmarine's conclusion without any mention about KG26 attacks.
Maybe KG26 really took part not as air recce only but by torpedo attacks too, but where are the primary sources about Kleeman's attack?
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Perhaps Fliegerführer Süd knew that no aerial torpedoes were used, although it is frustrating if they didn't state it clearly.
I am not sure Kleemann was involved. 6./KG 26 was a famous unit, so perhaps somebody chose to assume that the attack on the Molotov was carried out by them. They could have also found out that Kleemann was the Staffel commander, put 2 and 2 together and got 5
Warm regards,
Paul