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Old 14th Aug 2006, 07:07
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Originally Posted by walter kennedy
Hans-Joachim Marseille had another distinction I think - he was reputed to have only engaged fighters - anyone know if this was true?
Not quite, but very close, although how accurate the following is I don't know, but according to some sources, of his score of 158, 151 were in North Africa, and 7 on the Channel Front, and of the 151 North African victories, only 4 were twin-engined bombers, the rest being single-engined fighters (101 x P-40's, 30 x Hurricanes and 16 x Spitfires)
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