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To: jboot

Maybe they refloated the one Rudel sunk with his STUKA in Lake Ilmen.


42 posted on 06/18/2012 9:12:28 PM PDT by PzLdr ("The Emperor is not as forgiving as I am" - Darth Vader)
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To: PzLdr
Hans-Ulrich Rudel, the inspiration of the A-10 Warthog. He was one kick*ss Nazi.

The Stuka gets a lot of bad press, but it was the deadliest naval dive bomber in WWII, with more confirmed kills than the Dauntless, Helldiver or Japanese Val.

53 posted on 06/19/2012 5:49:08 AM PDT by jboot (Galt by default.)
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