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Originally Posted by James A Pratt III
Below is a list of claims for the 414th NFS can anyone match them up with a known loss ect.
Italy/Med Beaufighters
6 Aug 44 Patterson Ju88 KG77
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Possibly this is the 6./KG 77 aircraft referred to in ADI(K) 440A/1944: a Ju 88A-4 shot down by a Beaufighter at 10.59 hours [sic] on 6 August, 5 miles NW of Ajaccio while on FuG 200 recce from Istres. Crew members were:
FF Uffz. Walter Pabst MIA
BO Uffz. Hermann Stoerze WIA
BF Lt. Heinz von Frank Unhurt
BS Uffz. Wilhelm Schulz WIA
Survivors in allied captivity.
Monitoring of radio traffic from German aircraft that night revealed that seven of KG 77 or KG 26 were active from 23.40-04.59; four of KG 77 from 23.45-05.09.
50 miles north east of Ajaccio, Corsica (4206N, 0745E) at 01.55 local time (time given as "midnight" by a signals intelligence unit which logged times in GMT) a reconnaissance Ju 88 was attacked by the Beaufighter of Capt. John E. Patterson and Lt. Roy E. Patten of 414th Night Fighter Squadron, USAAF, operating under the control of "FOODSHOP". The Ju 88's starboard engine exploded at low level, the aircraft hit the water and was destroyed.
30th January 2008, 01:37
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