ccheese
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Erich: This is powerful reading. I only ready part 4, but will read all of it
at home. Like the man said... war is hell !
Charles
at home. Like the man said... war is hell !
Charles
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the 491st bomb group suffers at the hands of my cousins JG 301. My cousin was KIA on this mission .......... RIP .......... the US and Luftwaffe
read it for yourself from the 491st bg files
Ringmasters-Part 4
Erich ~
Erich, how many aircraft total were committed by each side this fateful day?
one of the tough nutz here is how many JG 301 Fw's made it to the forward B-17 boxes as they traveled up the bomber stream to create more carnage, JG 6 was up here along with JG 1 and some of the claims are confusing by the LW. In this case for JG 301 maybe 7-8 for the Geschwader stab, and at least 10-15 per staffel, 3 staffels for I. gruppe, II. gruppe and III.gruppe all flying Fw 190A-8's and A-9's with variations, some of them have A-8/R2's. It is easily conceivable that JG 301 could muster up 120 maybe even 150 Fw's if up to full strength figures and that I do not have in my files...............yet.