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Three reasons I read of, firstly by the time they received them they were not the best available, secondly they had problems initially with the climate and thirdly they were frequently mistaken for enemy by friends in the air and on the ground.They shouldnt have bothered, the Russians bizarrely enough didnt like flying them.....
Oh, glorious colo(u)r!!Soldiers and police inspect Messerschmitt Bf 109E-4 (W.Nr. 5587) flown by Oberfeldwebel Fritz Beeck of 6 Staffel JG 51, which force landed in a stubble field at Solton Meadow, East Langdon in Kent while escorting an attack on Manston, 24 August 1940.View attachment 478233
I was just going to say that. Hardly shabby guys, pretty brave if you ask me flying an unarmed obsolete aircraft over occupied europe in the middle of the night.....Amazing what disguises the chaps at Baker Street could come up with!
Hugh Verity in the center, with his Lysander 'Jimminy Cricket', now re-created at the IWM Duxford.
A nice set of pics showing the U-35 after "meeting" with The Graf Spee...
Anyone to blame or just an accident?
It didn't stop the Russians always asking for more Spitfires on a regular basis, in particular the Mk IX on.They shouldnt have bothered, the Russians bizarrely enough didnt like flying them.....
"Next, we will do some man scapeing."
It was an accident in 1938.