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Bob (not my real pseudonym) (invalid@invalid.invalid) 2016/05/22 02:59

On Sat, 21 May 2016 18:11:48 +0200, DAN <dan@no.spam.thanks> wrote:

>Charles Lindbergh wrote:
>
>>On Sat, 21 May 2016 07:16:33 -0500, Mitchell Holman <noemail@comcast.net> wrote:
>
>>It would be interesting to read about how these captured aircraft were utilized; if they were put into active
>>service or if they were simply utilized for engineering research and intelligence.
>
>AFAIK at central level they were mainly used for developing adapted tactics.
>At local level and when "common", they were used as hacks.

I believe the Luftwaffe used captured B-17s and B-24s a few times to
shadow Allied bomber raids.

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