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"Bazooka Charlie" and his L-4H Piper
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Re: "Bazooka Charlie" and his L-4H Piper
You have to ask just what this pilot thought was his real role in Normandy.
Is this is a Wochenschau clip (from film 726 of 2-8-44)of a fighter attack on one of the Allied spotter aircraft? The 'spotter' comes into frame at O5:56:10 of the onscreen timecode
https://youtu.be/0HgIjw1Znss?t=353
Is this is a Wochenschau clip (from film 726 of 2-8-44)of a fighter attack on one of the Allied spotter aircraft? The 'spotter' comes into frame at O5:56:10 of the onscreen timecode
https://youtu.be/0HgIjw1Znss?t=353
Re: "Bazooka Charlie" and his L-4H Piper
Looks like British Roundels? The Luftwaffe were more active over the British sector, which was nearer to German airfields.Michael Kenny wrote: ↑01 Apr 2019, 15:07You have to ask just what this pilot thought was his real role in Normandy.
Is this is a Wochenschau clip (from film 726 of 2-8-44)of a fighter attack on one of the Allied spotter aircraft? The 'spotter' comes into frame at O5:56:10 of the onscreen timecode
https://youtu.be/0HgIjw1Znss?t=353
There were several accounts of AOPs being targeted by fighters, but the AOP planes were quite nimble, as can be seen in the film. Very few were shot down by enemy fighters. Light AA units provided early warning radar and 40mm protected refuges for AOPs. This was pioneered by Lt Col Jack Bazeley CO 92 Light AA, himself an AOP pioneer.