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#4491262 - 10/03/19 12:41 PM Under Attack by the Luftwaffe on D-Day  
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I'm on my phone and I've not listened to this yet but I trust the source and think it's something most here will be interested in.

New D-day Live Recording Found: Air Attack on USS Ancon


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#4491265 - 10/03/19 12:44 PM Re: Under Attack by the Luftwaffe on D-Day [Re: F4UDash4]  
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This incident certainly negates further the long held flawed belief among many that there were only two BF-109's on the beaches on June 6th. Heck, even the film "The Longest Day" perpetuated that misconception!

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#4491327 - 10/03/19 08:02 PM Re: Under Attack by the Luftwaffe on D-Day [Re: F4UDash4]  
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This is fascinating stuff. But, I think there might be some confusion, here. The radio anouncer says that this recording was made in the early stages of the invasion. But the reporter on the scene clearly states "Late in the night of June 6th." He later states that it was now after midnight on the morning of June 7th.
And the two fighters that made the first air attack on the invasion were FW-190's. Ace, "Pips" Priller and is wingman made a single pass over the beach. Later in the day, the Luftwaffe arrived on the scene and there were many air attacks that evening. A Mustang squadron even ran into a dozen Stukas! I needn't tell you the results.


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#4491329 - 10/03/19 08:42 PM Re: Under Attack by the Luftwaffe on D-Day [Re: F4UDash4]  
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Oops, thanks for the correction Pooch.


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#4491332 - 10/03/19 08:56 PM Re: Under Attack by the Luftwaffe on D-Day [Re: PanzerMeyer]  
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#4491336 - 10/03/19 09:43 PM Re: Under Attack by the Luftwaffe on D-Day [Re: F4UDash4]  
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Sounds like the attack is at dusk/early night.

EDIT, the attack that was recorded happened around midnight ( a bit before and much after)

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There was only 16 squadrons of RAF fighters that used 100 octane during the BoB.
The Fw190A could not fly with the outer cannon removed.
There was no Fw190A-8s flying with the JGs in 1945.

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