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Re: French Air Force --Oran -- Operation Torch
It's both a difficult and touchy issue.
The truth is that the French pilots got 5 officially confirmed victories. According to eye-witnesses, the C-47s were shot up on the ground, while trying to taxi in the dry bed of the Oran Sebkra - with all men aboard! That's the problem. Had the French repelled the US and British landings, we should have known, but a few days later they were on the same side. You probably understand what I mean. No fuss no muss. To Stephane, our job is not to judge the facts but to expose them. That's exactly what I did and the book was co-authored by Chris Shores, a non-French writer/historian above suspicion. |
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