205th BG 150 Sqd night shots

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Martin,Swank

Interesting mehods , was this method used by the 2nd SAAF Wing as
well ? Going into pure stats during the summer months of June and July
when the WX was suitable for such ops the 205th lost 13 bombers
mainly to Luftwaffe night fighters based in Bucharest and Bulgaria which
brings me to the conclussion that the use of such flare enabled the German
and Romanians to easely aquire and track their hunt .

Two things which I am still not clear on, is regarding the 60th SAAF recon
squadron which also flew some PR missions and yet did not use the method
probably due inability for the Mosquitos to carry such type of payload .I am
even not certain if the 15th AF on their very rare night B-24's and B-17 PR
missions ever used this British method. The night shot attached is this of
Toretta taken at night by the same group of rather very good quality.

Second attachment is a excellent recon night shot of a bridge in Craiova
Rom , by the 60th SAAF Sqd and relatively at lower alt prob 2000 ft aprox
at 23:30 hrs ,it gives the feeling was taken with modern nowadays NVG
recon cam which make me conclude they may have used similar systems.

Can anyone locate and overlap this Craiova bridge with google map ?

Cheers
Alex K

PS : Edwest ,thanks for your contribution