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Old 19th October 2011, 12:23
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Re: Adel Luftwaffe KIA- Info needed

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Originally Posted by kaki3152 View Post
Hi Lino,

His body was identified many years after his death from an unknown grave on an island.
Yes, you are right. The body was found by chance by a archaeologist in 1965 on the island and was classified as possible "medieval turk", died in the siege of Marseille. Close to the island, we did some research about a sunken german DB601 Engine, so the body was interesting for us again. About 2006 Luc Vanrell located the remains again, now in the US, and we initiated together a DNA research to compare the DNA with the brother of Alexis, also a former JG27 fighter pilot. The result was succesfull.

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Lino
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