[bert68]

Hi everybody.
New on this forum, I shouldn't take the trail of such an "old" thread, but this story seems really interesting! I understand we're not close to know what really happened, since specialized people like you are do not have sufficient data to know the truth...
What is interesting is the fact that George Beurling did shot a lot of italian and german aircraft that particular day of July the 27th, and if the story of Freytag could have been true, he too could have been a victim of Beurling destructions...

I guess the "testimony" of Freytag is what we can read in Steinhoff's book, and I'm not sure we can rely on such a second hand account. Freytag is also supposed to have been shot ad MIA the 10th of July 1943 in the book, even though that is not what happened. And one in the book, Freytag said he had been shot down in Tunisia, which does not seem to be true either...I guess Steinhoff didn't want to write a realistic account.

Then, this story about Freytag is true or not, like the one when he is supposed to have been shot by flak in April 24 1941 over Athens, then escape the british while in an hospital...

Unfortunately, Freytag died in 2003, and I guess he told nobody about his history...