F/L F.A.O. Gaze of 610 Squadron recorded in his Combat Report for 1 January, 1945:
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I had been split up from my section by intense accurate light friendly flak from just N.E. of Leige and was returning alone to base.
When 1 mile east of base at 2,000 ft. I sighted 8 FW 190's heading N.E. on deck. I dived down behind them and dead astern. I closed in on the last one to 800 yards range before he saw me. He then opened up. I closed to 600 yards. Much light and accurate flak came up from the river and I fired a 2 second burst. This missed and only hit the ground. I fired again and missed and much white tracer came up. I fired a third burst as he climbed over a clump of trees. I saw strikes on fuselage and belly. His flaps came down and as I passed over him I saw him crash into a field at a speed of about 250 m.p.h. Because of the flak I banked sharply away and flew back to base being continually fired on by American flak. I claim this e/a destroyed."
Gaze was flying a Spitfire XIV during a "Rodeo" fighter sweep over Belgium and Low Countries. Its mount was the last mark which saw action of the legendary british fighter. I tried to evoke those days in a
dynamic campaign for "Rebels", please find it at following link:
link for downloadOverpowered plane, bad weather and tough adversaries make it particularly hard; hope you'll enjoy it anyway!
GB
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