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Originally Posted by onavik
- Crashed end of August 1944
Maybe:
- Operated out of Western France
Thanks,
Oystein
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August 1944 seems early for a bomber unit to be operating from a French airbase. Fighters were flying from strips in the Normandy beach head quite soon after the invasion but I'm not sure when Allied tactical bombers first flew from French bases. The French interior wasn't free of German forces until very late in August (or at least those Germans that still remained were busy trying to get home) and the Allies had to put effort into bringing captured bases back into use after bomb-damage, deliberate sabotage, booby-trapping etc.
26th May 2013, 18:24
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