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Old 24th May 2019, 10:32
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RAF Jet Kills
Originally Posted by Roadster280
Smug or not, it would have been preferable to the actuality.

https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/55364
At the (very considerable) risk of thread drift, I think the RAF’s first jet kill, a Me-262 was on 28 November 1944 at Helmond in the Netherlands, with a Bofors gun. One of many shot down by the RAF Regiment. I think the Hawker Tempest was quite successful too.
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