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To: ansel12

See that Gerhard Barkhorn with 301 kills? In the 50s he was trying to hover a Hawker jump jet and crashed it. They rushed to the wreck and as they helped him climb out, he said, “Drei hundert und zwei!”


12 posted on 10/25/2014 12:50:41 PM PDT by eartrumpet
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To: eartrumpet

“See that Gerhard Barkhorn with 301 kills? In the 50s he was trying to hover a Hawker jump jet and crashed it. They rushed to the wreck and as they helped him climb out, he said, “Drei hundert und zwei!”” — Genau! “drei hundret und zwei” = 302!


13 posted on 10/25/2014 4:28:45 PM PDT by odds
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