ANR + Croatian Air Force vs 15th USAAF, 2 Apr 44

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Originally Posted by Don Caldwell

No wonder the 15th AF never attracted a Roger Freeman!

I know it is a joke, and I am certain that the quality or the tidyness of the mission reports had nothing to do with the curtain of silence that prevented any serious and in-depth work on the 15th or even 12th AF to be done...

Anyway, it really is a pity, because it won't have been necessary a "Roger Freeman" alter-ego to give at least a bit of justice to two of the most under-estimated and neglected air forces of WW2, especially when compared to the results obtained, the losses sustained and the conditions in which they operated.

Personally I think that the treatment reserved to the 15th AF (and to the 12th AF too, I repeat) by the English-speaking historians is close to a shame, and this sadly was already felt over 60 years ago by the men operating with them, with the vast majority being sure that their efforts would have been forgotten very soon, if compared to those of the "richer" and more glamorous brothers in North Western Europe...

My own thoughts, of course...