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    OPERATION BODENPLATTE

    Feb 26, 2020 2 minutes

    t 09.30am on New Year’s Day, the Luftwaffe staged its long-delayed attack on Allied airfields, codenamed Bodenplatte (baseplate). Among the participants were the Me-262A-2a fighterbombers (1) of KG51, one of Hitler’s new wonder weapons. 21 of these aircraft took part in attacks on RAF airfields at Eindhoven and

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