Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/01/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hermann B?chner, (Erprobungsgruppe Nowotny, later Jagdgeschwader 7) pilot of an ME262 had a confirmed kill of a P-38 Lightning on 26 November 1944, in his next 19 sorties he shot down a confirmed further 11 enemy aircraft (types not recorded). ISILVERMN@aol.com wrote: > On 1/15/07, Marc Small wrote: > > <<The German jets were duds. To my knowledge, none ever shot down an > Allied > fighter, though Allied fighters shot down a number of ME-262's. >> > > Not a fair agrument Marc. The Me-262's were under direct orders to go > after > the bombers, and expressly NOT to engage the allied fighters. In the > context > of the numbers of 262's available, they were quite successful. > > VBR, > Ira Silverman > Irvine, CA > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >