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From: military@cbnews
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Subject: Re: Dirigibles & airships
Message-ID: <1991Jun28.022941.28316@cbnews.cb.att.com>
Date: 28 Jun 91 02:29:41 GMT
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From: att!bcr!mruxb!patter 
You have the details right. They found that the Italian pilot was from
Naples, which was in Allied hands, and that his wife was still there.
An artist painted her picture and name on the nose of the gunship as
bait and it worked.

According to Jablonski, the P-38 pilot would feather a prop and move in
close to straggler "for mutual protection". The straggler would usually
jettison the guns to save weight, then the P-38 would start up the dead
engine, come in, and shoot the bomber down. The air force found out what
was happening when some crews were picked up out of the Med. sea.