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Re: Siegfried Freytag's 1./JG-77- Shot down over Malta
On 15 October, 1942, Gerhard Michalski, gruppen kdr of II/JG 53 was shot down by a spitfire (sqdn 126, F/Lt Jones and F/Sgt Varey?) off Marsaxxlokk Bay, a small harbour south of Malta. He baled out of his BF 109 G-2, landing in the sea. He was rescued by a Do 24.
A very similar story to Freytag's.
I wonder if other pilots bailed out close to Malta and were rescued by german Do 24. At least, the two top scorers above Malta had the same story to tell.
I also wonder if one of the was called "the lion of Mlta" or something like that...?
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