Battle of Britain Luftwaffe ace - Luftwaffe and Allied Air Forces Discussion Forum

VtwinVince · #8 25th February 2006, 23:35

Robert, you could be right. I received a letter from Achleitner only a few weeks before he died, describing this action. He claimed that 9. Staffel got seven Blenheims over France, with the eighth crash-landing in England. This is corroborated in an inscription on the back of a photo I have, showing the pilots of 9. Staffel being interviewed for the Rundfunk after this engagement. Strangely enough, I was having a beer with some vets years ago, and one of them, S/L Peter Duggan-Smith DFC, was an old Blenheim pilot. When I mentioned that my uncle led the attack on 107 RAF, he nearly started to cry, having been with a neighbouring Blenheim unit when this happened.

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