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Originally Posted by ValorStudios
Thanks for the information guys however I may have phrased my original question improperly which led this discussion slightly off topic. Here's a more blunt version:
"Has anyone ever come across an account of an Allied or Luftwaffe pilot being shot in his parachute during the Desert Air War?"
I realize that this topic has been covered before, and inevitably causes intense discussions, however in going through the old posts I have yet to find a reference of a pilot being shot in his parachute during the Desert Air War (hence the question).
Thanks!
Bryan
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not the desert per se but related, there are several reports of 109 pilots collapsing chutes with thier slipstream during the malta siege, one instance apparently a 109 collapsed the chute of his own countryman!
there is also a report of a RAF pilot strafing a dingy in rsponse to such antics!
also several italian and german pilots who bailed out were lynched by Maltese citizens upon landing!