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Bf 109 Jabo Units in the West (Combat Aircraft, 149)
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Re: Bf 109 Jabo Units in the West (Combat Aircraft, 149)
From the blurb: '...At first ad hoc conversions were made 'in the field' to allow the aircraft to carry a bomb...'
Don't think so...
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Re: Bf 109 Jabo Units in the West (Combat Aircraft, 149)
Precisely John- ErprGr 210, II.(S)/LG 2 and one Staffel per Bf 109 Gruppe were certainly not ad hoc!
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Re: Bf 109 Jabo Units in the West (Combat Aircraft, 149)
One wonders who vets manuscripts regarding subjects like this for historical accuracy. Osprey is certainly not new to all this.
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Re: Bf 109 Jabo Units in the West (Combat Aircraft, 149)
The cover was beautifully done, in spite of what you wrote.
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Re: Bf 109 Jabo Units in the West (Combat Aircraft, 149)
Good or not, never judge a book by its cover! Frank Liesendahls Bf 109 F-2/B Blue 1-lots of photos of this plane in my big book on such attacks
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Re: Bf 109 Jabo Units in the West (Combat Aircraft, 149)
I am almost certain that the first information that the under-wing bomb racks were installed in the field at the Lw. fighter bases in NE France came from P/W interrogation report(s) and, IMO, were probably never vetted.
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Re: Bf 109 Jabo Units in the West (Combat Aircraft, 149)
From ULTRA (TNA HW 5/2):
17 June 1940NOTE: T20 and T9 are the numbers of the teleprints in which this info was issued by Bletchley Park. 4 and 6 are the paragraph numbers within CX/JQ 57. (A) and (B) are categories of reliability of the interpretation with (A) being definite. |
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Re: Bf 109 Jabo Units in the West (Combat Aircraft, 149)
Nick -
IIRC, P/W interrogations from September and/or October 1940 corroborate the ULTRA intelligence you provided but go on to say that the selected factory-trained Jagdstaffel maintenance personnel were then doing at least some of the installation work in the field as previously stated. L. deZ. |
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Re: Bf 109 Jabo Units in the West (Combat Aircraft, 149)
Chris, indeed books are like wine...you do not judge the cover you taste what is inside.
What I meant is that the cove is really wonderful...and yes, the images of Liesendahl's machine are well known on several books, including some old ones of Heimdal (France). NICK: Nice INTEL material as usual. This is a nice subject indeed and am happy for the writer. One more on the wish list for Xmas... |
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