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  1. What he does not tell you is that the early part of the raid was escorted by the RAF. RAF Mustangs also escorted them home.
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  2. ‘Razorback’ refers exclusively to the P-47 because of the sharp spine behind the cockpit. It’s not some cool term the cool kids are using to describe any aircraft without a bubble canopy. There were no razorback Bf-109s. There were no razorback Spitfires either. And of course, there were no razorback P-51s either.
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  3.  @hckyplyr9285  That almost certainly comes down to which model they got the most kills in.
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  4. The ‘long range fighter aircraft’ meant P-51 Mustangs. The majority of P-47s could not get beyond the Dutch border. A small number were fitted with under wing tanks but even then, could not get to Magdeburg. Only the P-51 could get to Berlin and they were all P-51B models. The -D wasn’t available until April.
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  5. Levegh’s real name was Velghe. He changed it so his family wouldn’t know he was racing. He is buried in the family plot at Pere Lachaise in Paris.
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  6. I think you’ll find that Brough’s name is pronounced ‘Bruff’, rather than ‘Bro’. English… unpredictable as ever.
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  7. For anyone who is serious about understanding this raid, ’Target Berlin: Mission 250, March 6, 1944’, by Jeff Ethell and Dr Alfred Price gives a far more dispassionate and highly detailed description of this raid, which blows away a lot of the myths of the Eighth Air Force’s campaign against Germany. It is an absolute must-read.
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