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Old 11-13-2022, 03:46 AM
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From the videos I've seen and the ADS-B hits I could find, it looks like the P-63 was supposed to be joining up with another group of fighters ahead and to his left. Went way wide, and hit the B-17 from behind.

Poor guys never knew what hit them. P-63 likely didn't until it was too late, belly to the 17, not sure how good/bad the visibility below and forward is on the 63, but he was likely looking at the other fighters he was trying to join.

Something like a 70 knot speed differential.
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