Intelligence Report (3 of 4), January 30, 1944-June 23, 1945

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02.0047 - Box 4, Folder 003

Scope and content:

A: Glide Bombing Attachment: Report submitted to USSTAF Flak Coordination Meeting on 060845 by representatives of the 15th AF. B: Two page discussion within 15th AF on 062345 on the advisability of size of bombs to be used on targets in the future. Also discusses the explosion of surplus bombs and resulting damages to countryside. C: "Low, Fast, and Once": Refers to the tactics used by fighters to avoid "fighter flak" the light flak to which fighters tended to be most suscetible. "Escort flak" shot down very few fighters, but brought down many bombers. Four pages. D: Three pilots' mission reports submitted via the Legation of the USA, Office of the Military Air Attache, Stockholm, Sweden, 060544. All three had to crash land or short land in Sweden after encountering problems over Kiel. Pilots belonged to the 4481 and 453rd Bomb Groups. E: The ME 262. "This report deals with the first ME 262 to fall intact in the allied hands." 0412 45. Twenty page report on the ME 262, aided by the German pilot , Hans Fay, who flew into allied hands deliberately . His family's home town was in allied hands, so he no longer feared retaliation and defected. F: Fifteenth Air Force: Counter Air Operations Against Three Bomber Bases in Southern France (012744). 27 Pages. G: Fifteenth Air Force: Counter Air Operations of 013044 and 013144. Villa orba - Maniago - Lavariano - Udine -Aviano - l(lagenfurt. 41 Pages. Created 030244.

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