Airframes
Benevolens Magister
There's a (true) story about two Luftwaffe airmen, who not only escaped in Britain, but managed to steal and fly away a Magister (open cockpit, tandem, low wing monoplane, built by Miles). They got some distance, but force landed due to lack of fuel, near the English coast. They were eventually re-captured, but had a bl**dy good try at least!
If anyone's interested, I can get all the info and post the basics. From what I remember, without looking into my library, one was Bf109 pilot, shot down during the BoB, and the other a bomber crewman. The picture of the shot down 109E is quite well known.
Just remembered, Schnabel was the '109 pilot.
If anyone's interested, I can get all the info and post the basics. From what I remember, without looking into my library, one was Bf109 pilot, shot down during the BoB, and the other a bomber crewman. The picture of the shot down 109E is quite well known.
Just remembered, Schnabel was the '109 pilot.