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Actually, do you think this could be my two Lancaster bombers that he shot down? Could you explain what the symbols all mean? When it refers to height, is that the height they were shot down??
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Actually, do you think this could be my two Lancaster bombers that he shot down? Could you explain what the symbols all mean? When it refers to height, is that the height they were shot down??
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It is a possibillity i think. Or perhaps shot the one and saw it hitting the other and claimed that one too. A minute for 2 kills at night is i think very very short. Even if the bomber stream is over the target. A gun cam was proof but not by far not always. Witness from i.g. a wingman could be enough. ( that is one of the reasons for over claiming) Now for nightfighters, they fought mostly over land in german hands so a claim could be verified by the debry on the ground. But even then it could be un clear hence my guncam remark.
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Mmm... an interesting thought. I wish there were some means of proving this. It would be logical to say you got "two birds with one shot" as we say here in Britain if he shot one and then it crashed into another one! These heights 5800 and 6300 does that refer to the height of the Lancasters or to the fighter plane, or the distance between the Koch's fighter plane and the Lancasters???
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Height target i believe.
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Isn't that a bit low for the Lancasters to be dropping bombs from, especially as there is only a 25-meter deviation of hitting the target from a height of 15,000 feet which would be a much safer option for them, given the threat from flak defenses??
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Heights are in meters. So 6,300m = 21,000 feet.
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Ah ... that makes sense now! Sorry, meters are not my strong point! I'm an old fashioned girl who works in feet!!!!
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You're welcome, and I still work in feet and yards most of the time too !
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Two films in the same minute 500m apart is not hard to explain. Neither need be "kills" as I think the camera would be activated by the gun button. So firing the gun at two targets in that time frame and altitude difference would not be unusual in my opinion.
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Do you think that a Lancaster bomber, shot down over Stuttgart at 21,000 feet, falling in a steep downward trajectory, can travel 7 miles before hitting the ground?
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It depends on when it entered the dive after being hit. It's certainly plausible.
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The notation in the beginning of this thread is not the gun cam. It on what roll the evidence and rest of the paperwork can be found i think. The time is the time for abschuss so real time be it german war time ( differend then allied time) . The 15 of march was a cold night but with decending moon. I stand about what i said. Difficult to find your target at night not impossible but difficult. So another scenario is worth thinking over.
And it is the difference in altitude. Again at night that can be a thing. Certainly the gunners would have seen the Lancaster being hit.
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According to the pilot, who survived, it entered the dive almost immediately as it severed the joystick controls and went nose downwards, before hitting another Lancaster.
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Yes. An altitude of 21,000 is roughly 4 miles, so even in a relatively steep trajectory, allowing for momentum and wind, 7 miles from point of being hit and impact would not be unusual.
At 4 miles high, with a descent angle of roughly 42 to 45 degrees, the impact would be approximately 7 miles, as shown in the rough sketch below.
At 4 miles high, with a descent angle of roughly 42 to 45 degrees, the impact would be approximately 7 miles, as shown in the rough sketch below.
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When attacked the allied ofcourse tried to get out of the way corkscrewing or what ever was possible. The german knowing he hit the target but not sure if it went down would try to follow his prey to finnish the job. (He would not have know he killed it already.) And get his reward for the kill ofcourse. So my scenario is i think a possibilty.
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Stuttgart March 1944, 15th
Other sq. But same night. Good read.
Visiability over target 1 - 2 miles.
Weather fine but becoming fair and cloudy in the afternoon.
Other sq. But same night. Good read.
Visiability over target 1 - 2 miles.
Weather fine but becoming fair and cloudy in the afternoon.
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Hello Snautzer01, I'm so sorry but I couldn't see an attachment. Am I missing something here?
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Ah, ignore me. Just seen it, thank you.
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That's great, thank you. I had looked at a few other squadrons involved but I hadn't seen the entries recorded past the map before. Actually, I am also delighted to see that the route I plotted out myself is the same as the one you've sent and I've done it right!!!! Not bad for a woman whose geography abilities are not very good! Whey-hey! Thank you.
