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13th July 2008, 00:21
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Me 163 at night?
Does anyone out there know for sure if the Me 163 ever operated at night against RAF Bomber Command? My father, a pilot with 419 Squadron indicated that he saw these aircraft operating during an operation to Chemnitz, March 5, 1945. The comment in his log book states: Operations Chemnitz, March 5, 1945. Flak Nil. Bags of fighters and flares. Weather Rotten. He indicated that one of these aircraft (during a dive) shot cannon fire between Dad's main wing and tail plane. Is this a case of mistaken identity? One of my colleagues questioned this observation as most indications were that the Me 163 Komet operated during the day. Other possibilities for dad's observations could be Me 262, or possibly tracer from upward firing Schrage Musik.
Jim 
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