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Old 1st February 2018, 19:51
Stig Jarlevik Stig Jarlevik is offline
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Re: 4th Fighter Group on 21/5/43

A lot of interesting replies which basically confirm what we already know about the three USAAF losses that day.

However it does not get us much further with regard how these losses occured.

Beside Caldwell, who assigned all three losses to JG 26, we have still not got any closer than before.

Yes an Ofw Hoffmann 11./JG 54 (11./JG 26 was known as 11./JG 54 on the date in question) seems to be named in the microfilms. If he is the same individual as Ofw Hermann Hoffmann, at least Caldwell did not make the connection, or maybe he simply chose to leave out all claims made by 11./JG 54? Neither has Johannes Mathews made any connection with Hermann Hoffmann

Even worse, we still don't know why Prien and Friends exchanged Hoffmann against Rathenow.

Unfortunately none of our German friends has chosen to comment the topic.
I will send Johannes an e-mail and ask if he can look into this in more depth from the German side.

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Stig
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