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Old 9th Oct 2010, 16:01
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You probably know all this,but German radar had sight of this raid very early on as the force was forming up north of London. They sent up over 100 Tame Boar twin and single engined night fighters to intercept the two waves of bombers. Oblt. Hans-Georg Birkenstock of Stab1./NJG6 flew from Mainz-Finthen that evening and shot down LL791 at about 2125 Central European Time. The Lancaster was his sixth victim. Birkenstock's next score,a Halifax left him injured by return fire and he had to bale out of his damaged Bf110. He was killed in action a couple of months later. For a photo see here; Seaman
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