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The Luftwaffe Pilot and Ye Olde Pub

Plane Tales

English - May 26, 2018 18:23 - 18 minutes - 16.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 143 ratings
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A rookie B17 pilot on his first mission over Germany struggling home in his crippled aircraft and a veteran Me109 fighter pilot with 27 kills and over 400 combat missions flown, meet in the air.  The result should have been obvious but...

Boeing B-17F radar bombing through clouds over Bremen, Germany, on Nov. 13, 1943. (U.S. Air Force photo)

 

A B17 formation over Germany.

 

An Me109 of Jagdgeschwader 27.

 

Images under Creative Commons licence with thanks to the US Gov and the Bundesarchiv.

A rookie B17 pilot on his first mission over Germany struggling home in his crippled aircraft and a veteran Me109 fighter pilot with 27 kills and over 400 combat missions flown, meet in the air.  The result should have been obvious but…


Boeing B-17F radar bombing through clouds over Bremen, Germany, on Nov. 13, 1943. (U.S. Air Force photo)


 


A B17 formation over Germany.


 


An Me109 of Jagdgeschwader 27.


 


Images under Creative Commons licence with thanks to the US Gov and the Bundesarchiv.