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Old 10th Oct 2011, 14:16
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Tankertrashnav
 
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It is easy to see the similarities between a Mossie and Ju88....sh!t!

Some years ago I bought a deceased Mosquito squadron commander's medals from his widow. She quite naturally wanted to hang onto his logbooks, but she let me have a look through them. Just before D Day there was an entry showing he had been shot down (luckily over England). The widow told me that the story behind the entry was that he was shot down when they were in action with Ju 88s. Later gun camera analysis showed that he had in fact been shot down by one of his own squadron.

Hardly a good career move!
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