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By North American Newspaper Alliance
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U.S. flier bags record of 6 Nazis in one fight
U.S. 8th Air Force fighter base, England (UP) –
Capt. Fred Christensen of Watertown, Massachusetts, set a record for the number of enemy planes destroyed in a single action today, shooting down six Ju 52s – Germany’s biggest transport plane.
Capt. Christensen was leading a flight in Col. Hubert Zemke’s famed Thunderbolt group when they sighted 12 Junkers circling prior to landing over an airfield in Germany.
In a few seconds, the Americans had shot down ten of the transports.
Six fell before Capt. Christensen’s guns, bringing his total of planes downed in combat to 22 and putting him among the upper brackets of fighter aces in the European Theater.