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Old March 27th, 2006, 03:07 PM
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This is another area where one has to be very careful with, and respectful of, veterans' memories. The 'captured aircraft' stories were very common during the war and veterans will still be absolutely certain of their use ( again, rather like the 'scarecrow shell' myth ). It's like 'strafing' of civilians in the Battle of Britain ; the Luftwaffe had no time to indulge in such stuff, what the civilians were experiencing was over-shoot ; but don't try arguing that one with a Blitz survivor....
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