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9th January 2008, 06:40
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jet aircraft in Italy?
Gentlemen,
The following is from the 416th Night Fighter Squadron records regarding a USAAF Mk 30 Mosquito chasing an unidentified aircraft. "17 February 1945. At 2250 hours Lts. Kangas and Herron left on a GCI patrol. Along the coast, Kangas reported 40 white flares dropped between the bombline and La Spezia at an altitude of 11,000 feet. So he went to investigate. "Flares were being dropped by what appeared to be a jet-propelled aircraft. The pilot initiated a pursuit by visual contact estimated to be ten miles away. The chase lasted six minutes, closing to around one mile before the 'jet' aircraft climbed and disappeared in a hole in the overcast. "The pilot indicated 380 mph air speed, whereas GCI report they clocked him at 458 MPH ground speed." Did the Luftwaffe operate any jet aircraft in Italy during the war? Or did the 416th NFS crew mis-identify the aircraft they chased? Norman Malayney 
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