Yugo Partisan ships sunk ect by aircraft

[Nick Beale]

Originally Posted by James A Pratt III

24 Mar 45 #179 "Stumbling bolt, crash due to flak bombardment" Fw Harald Krane (F) & LtnzS Friedrich Ardt (B) both MIA. no other losses

Hallo James. What were the German words that translated as “stumbling bolt”?

[Nick Beale]

Originally Posted by Nick Beale

Hallo James. What were the German words that translated as “stumbling bolt”?

I think I’ve worked it out: Absturz inf. Flakbeschuß.

This was a standard wording in loss reports and “inf.” is short for “infolge” = “as a result of” so “crash as a result of anti-aircraft fire”.

[Larry deZeng]

Beware the SUPER MODERATOR:

"His aura of power, his command and confidence, the sense that—whatever he was—he was something humankind wasn't prepared to face."

I would tend to agree, but isn't "inf." also an abbreviation for Infanterie? Although that's a noun so the "I" should be capitalized. It would be helpful to see the original German entry for 24 Mar 45. From the information provided so far, we (I) can't be sure whether the target attacked was a ship or a target on land.

L. deZ.

[Nick Beale]

Originally Posted by Larry deZeng

Beware the SUPER MODERATOR:

"His aura of power, his command and confidence, the sense that—whatever he was—he was something humankind wasn't prepared to face."

I would tend to agree, but isn't "inf." also an abbreviation for Infanterie? Although that's a noun so the "I" should be capitalized. It would be helpful to see the original German entry for 24 Mar 45. From the information provided so far, we (I) can't be sure whether the target attacked was a ship or a target on land.

L. deZ.

You’re quite right, Larry, ideally one would see the original before trying to translate it. Reverse engineering is rather tricky!