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More detail on the Ki-77 disappearance from Wikipedia. “ Their intended destination was the German airfield at Sarabus (now Hvardiiske, Crimea, WikiMiniAtlas4
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More detail on the Ki-77 disappearance from Wikipedia.
“ Their intended destination was the German airfield at Sarabus (now Hvardiiske, Crimea, WikiMiniAtlas45.118236°N 33.976564°E.) but they were to disappear over the Indian Ocean. British fighters likely intercepted them as they were aware of the flight and its route (via air grid squares 3420, 2560 and 2510) thanks to the ULTRA analysts at Bletchley Park decoding intercepted German communications to Sarabus warning of their impending arrival.[2] Slow, unarmed, without armour protection and with a substantial amount of fuel on board, the Ki-77 would have been vulnerable to Allied fighters, even had no mechanical problems occurred.”