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Re: Bf 109E-4 ditched off Folkstone
Posted by Elliott on Tue Jul 02, 2002 03:01:43 AM
In reply top Bf 109E-4 ditched off Folkstone posted by Mike Olrog on Sun Jun 30, 2002 05:58:35 AM
I'm pretty sure I spoke to the pilot who shot this guy down about 10 years ago. He says the aircraft broke up when it hit the sea.
: I've just been reading the excellent Classic Colours serie
: s Volume 2, section 3 about Battle of Britain (Phase 3). O
: n page 239 there are two photos of Uffz. Friedrich Dilthey
: ditching his Bf 109E-4 off Folkstone harbour pier on 23 s
: eptember 1940. Is the aircraft still there? It looks like
: the ditching was made so that the aircraft is in one piece
: ...
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: /Mike
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