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To: henkster; fso301

When they were evacuating Tunisia, they apparently stuffed two ground crew men in with the pilot. One of the pilots (Ernst Reinert) got into a dogfight over the Med and managed to shoot down the allied fighter even with the two extra guys in his plane.

It looks like the final evacuation took place about May 8, so I’m a bit early with this.


15 posted on 04/26/2013 3:04:45 PM PDT by PAR35
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To: PAR35
One of the pilots (Ernst Reinert) got into a dogfight over the Med and managed to shoot down the allied fighter even with the two extra guys in his plane.

With two extra guys throwing up in his plane, no doubt.

17 posted on 04/26/2013 3:27:04 PM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation has the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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To: PAR35

http://www.luftwaffe.cz/hammer.html
“...During the final evacuation of Tunisia, Hammer was able to fly four men out in his Bf 109’s baggage compartment on four separate missions”


18 posted on 04/26/2013 5:01:16 PM PDT by iowamark
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