[fso301]

The account does track with the 17th's experience in Normandy. It was badly mauled in the bocage fighting and smashed in Cobra, which coincides with the account of bombardment on 26th July (maybe a day off). The remnants were mauled again in the battle for the Falaise Pocket.

Perhaps the translator took liberties with the original because it "feels" like what I would expect a writer to produce rather than 6 month old recollections of an exhausted enemy officer in response to interrogation questions.

[colorado tanker]

Yes it could be a "free" translation because it does have that feel.

It's an interesting insight into the effectiveness of our air attacks and the bitterness the ground troops felt for the Luftwaffe. The P-47 was a beast in the ground attack. Or maybe that's just his scapegoat for his unit's misfortunes.