We were assigned to hit V82 as our primary mission. Once we did that we continued to lurk around the area the transports were supposed to be in case we could find the HE-111s. It seemed like we hung out forever in enemy territory never seeing any transports. We found 109G2s instead. 
Gotcha...
All week, all pre flight, and all during our initial kombat at the field, and then during the subsequent defence of the Stalingrad re supply, the back of my mind was worried over unit(s) lurking in the rtb transport lanes. And in the event, the Red Airforce forces at the field did come at us
thankfully, in a piecemeal fashion...this was only more confirmation
in my mind that they were holding someone back in reserve for rtb attack. Then...to add even more to this growing concern that,
what was up to that point a great success could turn horribly bad...by the time the last of the transports were away...my fighters had been engaged for over an hour, and simply could not follow right away, but were forced to make our own rearm in the cauldron for fuel and fireworks...and then exit on the tails of the transports...
...such was the intensity of the mission. The remnants of the 56th that we engaged were the most concentrated allied unit we encountered all night, and I am glad to hear you were not successful in finding the 111's.
See ya up.
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