13's....

[Wurger]

Yep ...it wasn't. In one of these pics he can be seen lying dead on the Bf 109 wing, as memory serves.

 

[Maximowitz]

Yep ...it wasn't. In one of these pics he can be seen laying dead on the Bf 109 wing, as memory serves.

.... minus his flying boots. His corpse had already been looted.

 

[Wurger]

Right....

 

[Lucky13]

 

[Maximowitz]

A better resolution and larger picture of the unfortunate Maxis "White 13."

 

[Wayne Little]

.... minus his flying boots. His corpse had already been looted.

Maxis was lying face down in the snow on the port side of White 13, facing toward the rear of the aircraft his feet rested on the wing...there are at least 2 photo's showing this unfortunate event, both can be seen in Bodenplatte by John Manhro and Ron Putz.

 

[Maximowitz]

Absolutely right Wayne, and an excellent book it is too. I found this post on the Twelve O' Clock High Forum (2005) where the author John Manhro replies to a question about this event from forum owner Ruy Horta..

"First of all I do not know the name of the US soldier that actually shot Uffz. Maxis. I have been in contact with soldiers of the same unit, but they did not want to give me the name...... At least two years ago the specific US soldier was still alive. All documents I saw of the unit showed that there was no court martial. Uffz. Maxis was shot in the head from close range. To be honest, I did not really pursue the quest for the name of the soldier. My interest was mainly to find a possible grave. As a US Graves Registration Unit had taken the body I have checked all burial files of former US War cemeteries as Henri-Chappelle (Germans were buried there too!) and the ones in eastern France. I checked probably around 20,000 graves......no trace of an unknown German pilot that could be a match....."

 

[ellis995]

Hi Jan

Here is another "13"

 

[Maximowitz]

Is that Walter Dahl's "Blue 13" of JG 300?

Erich, where are you?

 

[Wurger]

Some time ago, it was thought it was Walter Dahl's " Blue 13". But now it is said it was the Fw190A-8/R2 "Black 13" of 11 Sturm JG3 , the Schongau airfield, August 1944. Other source says it was of IV.(Sturm) JG3.

 

[Lucky13]

...and how the h*ll do you attach the armored glass to the canopy and make it look good??

 

[Wurger]

In that way...

 

[Maximowitz]

Nice one Wojtek, alle ist klar!

 

[Wurger]

THX.

 

[Lucky13]

Cool! Thanks Wojtek! But how you do it on models then?

 

[Wayne Little]

Cool! Thanks Wojtek! But how you do it on models then?

...with difficulty!....no room for error...

 

[Lucky13]

How encouraging....

 

[Wurger]

I think it is a matter of glass.

 

[Maximowitz]

Yes, drink a couple of glasses of beer before you try it to steady your hands.

 

[Wurger]