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Old 04-30-2015, 04:55 PM
don rudy don rudy is offline
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Default Raid by P-38's on Foggia airfields

On August 25, 1943, 100+ P-38's strafed airfields in and around Foggia. Three fighters from the 82nd FG were shot down while attacking the Salsola field, #3.
What German or Italian pilot claimed credit for those downed and what Group was he with?
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Old 05-07-2015, 12:54 AM
Andrew Arthy Andrew Arthy is offline
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Hi Don,

Several German units scrambled to intercept the P-38s, and the following Luftwaffe victory claims were submitted:

- Major Johannes Steinhoff, Stab Jagdgeschwader 77, P-38 destroyed five kilometres south of San Severo: altitude of 20 metres, at 09:58, his 160th aerial victory
- Major Johannes Steinhoff, Stab Jagdgeschwader 77, P-38 destroyed eight kilometres south of San Severo: altitude of 20 metres, 09:59, his 161st aerial victory
- Major Johannes Steinhoff, Stab Jagdgeschwader 77, P-38 destroyed ten kilometres south-south-west of San Severo: altitude of 20 metres, 10:00, his 162nd aerial victory
- Oblt. Theo Lindemann, Stab Jagdgeschwader 77, P-38 destroyed at San Severo, 10:01, his third aerial victory
- Major Johannes Steinhoff, Stab Jagdgeschwader 77, P-38 destroyed fifteen kilometres south-south-west of San Severo: altitude of 20 metres, his 163rd aerial victory
- Fw. Helmut Kühl, 9. Staffel of Jagdgeschwader 53, P-38F destroyed 70 kilometres south of Foggia: altitude of 6,000 m, 10:39, his fifteenth aerial victory

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Andrew A.
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