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The German
Posted by BlackSheepTwoOneFour on Wednesday, November 13, 2013 2:52 PM

An interesting little known WW2 fact I never knew... Watch the video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36eLp9XGNjs

 

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Posted by subfixer on Wednesday, November 13, 2013 4:43 PM

How did the 109 have the range to fly to Ireland?

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Posted by BlackSheepTwoOneFour on Wednesday, November 13, 2013 5:32 PM

Come to think of it, that is a very good question.

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Posted by Raualduke on Wednesday, November 13, 2013 9:25 PM

Rudolf Hess did it.(one way flight though)

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Posted by jgeratic on Thursday, November 14, 2013 1:52 AM

Have to remember, the battle over Britain did not involve just fighter aircraft.  I think the movie is generalizing a bit much, making it more romanticized by having fighter pilots crashing in neutral Ireland.  The first Germans interned was a bomber crew, which is more plausible...

http://www.esatclear.ie/~curragh/klines.htm

As for Hess, he flew to Scotland on a peace mission,  his aircraft being the twin engined Me110 and also had an extra large fuel tank installed for this very purpose.

regards,

Jack

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Posted by subfixer on Thursday, November 14, 2013 9:08 AM

This links you to an article concerning interned aircrew and the types of aircraft they were flying in when they landed in Ireland. It is some pretty good reading.

http://www.curragh.info/klines.htm

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