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Old 8th Dec 2023, 08:43
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Quemerford
 
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Originally Posted by Brewster Buffalo
Various aircraft were tried to try and deal with the night time nuisance raids by the Po-2 including T-6 Texans and Fireflies as well as the F-94 with little success,
The F-94 that managed to shoot down one had to deploy its undercarriage and flaps but after that success stalled and crashed. Another F-94 collided with another Po-2 and also crashed.
I think one event may have been conflated into two: the F-94B which collided with the Po-2 was 51-5476, on 27 Feb 1952. 1/Lt Jack E Brindley and 1/Lt Richard D Cunningham killed (both 68th FIS). I can find no record of another F-94 loss due to Po-2 action.
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