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A P-47 Thunderbolt destorys an ME 109 during a mission on 12 May 1944. Gun camera image. Hubert Zemke (56th Fighter Group) has handwritten on the reverse: ' Picture # 2 Gun Camera. 1 ME 109 destroyed 12 May 1944. This day- found the first application of the "Zemke fan" a new tactic to seek out the enemy well infront of the bomb stream. The mission will be given to you in detail as it was almost more than successful. I lost two wing men in no....'
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A P-47 Thunderbolt destorys an ME 109 during a mission on 12 May 1944. Gun camera image. Hubert Zemke (56th Fighter Group) has handwritten on the reverse: ' Picture # 2 Gun Camera. 1 ME 109 destroyed 12 May 1944. This day- found the first application of the "Zemke fan" a new tactic to seek out the enemy well infront of the bomb stream. The mission will be given to you in detail as it was almost more than successful. I lost two wing men in no....'

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IWM, Roger Freeman Collection