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Re: Experten 109G ditched off Milazzo Italy

Posted by Graham ODriscoll on Fri Feb 08, 2002 02:54:44 AM

In reply top Experten 109G ditched off Milazzo Italy posted by Tony on Thu Feb 07, 2002 08:39:29 AM

Hmmmnnnn.....
I tell you, if I had the dosh to go looking for it I would...!!!!!!

The med's quite salty though, what condition would it be in??




: On the 12th, it was the turn of a Spitfire. The next day,
: after a fight in which he claimed four more P-40s, Reinert
: had to land his Bf 109G-6 in the sea near Milazzo.
:
: According to his report, ?The plane went under right away.
: I remained in the cockpit. When the plane was 10 meters d
: own I was able to get out and return to the surface. I mad
: e desperate efforts to get my parachute off . By turning o
: nto my back I succeeded. Thanks to my life jacket, which i
: nflated, I stayed on the surface for 3/4 of an hour and sw
: am to the nearby coast. Shortly before I reached the coast
: I came under Italian fire. On the beach I was surrounded
: by 20 or 30 Italian soldiers with fixed bayonets. I yelled
: to them, 'Nix Inglesi, nix American, Kamerad Tedesco!' I
: showed my aviator?s card to prove that I was a German pil
: ot, but I couldn?t convince them.?

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