"Normandie" claims over Bf110, 13 july 1943

[Courtois Laurent]

To close on the fact that one of the pilots of the Normandie-Niemen allegedly shot down Joachim Blechschmidt between 7:22 p.m. and 8:20 p.m.
I give you the Diagram illustrating the report of the 996th ShAP of the 224th ShAD which attacked the bridge of Tsyn' between 7:40 p.m. and 8:20 p.m.
During this mission no Luftwaffe intervention was encountered above the target.
This confirms once again that the fighting occurred above the Dournevo bridge.
The French in writing their report were mistaken between the valley of the Resseta river and that of the Vytebets.
This can be explained by the fact that the French pilots have never flown in this sector since their arrival in Kozelsk on May 20. The very few pilots who have flown since that date only know the Duminitchi sector.



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