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Pic added...
Posted by Tony on Sat Dec 14, 2002 05:25:31 AM
In reply top Check out the Spitfire PR Mk.IV wreck too.... posted by Richard Allnutt on Fri Dec 13, 2002 10:12:30 PM
Pic added: Photocopyright:Morton Moe/Frank Ruffino
: This is a really fascinating site, and seems to be written
: by the Luftwaffe ace Heinz Knoke. However there is detail
: of a Spit PR Mk.IV shot down over Norway.
:
: http://www.chez.com/franckruffino/My-Site/Victory_0.htm
:
: The pilot, F/Lt Alastair D M Gunn, was captured, but sadly
: later executed after the Great Escape. The website detail
: s the combat which caused Gunn to be shot down, and includ
: es some current pictures of well preserved wreckage, with
: the inferrance that there is quite a bit more... could thi
: s lead to the resurrection of an extinct subtype?
:
: Thanks Tony for the lead on this site, it is really intere
: sting indeed.
:
: Cheers,
: Richard
