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Old 20th August 2012, 23:31
Stig Jarlevik Stig Jarlevik is offline
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Re: Civil Airliner losses Battle of France

Guys

This one is tricky but very interesting. Now if we cannot locate an "unknown" DC-3 we simply have to look at the same aircraft. OO-AUI is thus a very likely candidate. However what I would like to know is why the Germans blow up the aircraft. I cannot vouch for the two photos Peter came up with saying "24 Sq 23.5.40", but the one I supplied show it with German soldiers and if the two Peter supplied were taken at the same time, they all show a pretty much intact aircraft, certainly not hit by AA-fire. But why blow up such a useful aircraft? From the photos supplied of the highly damaged airframe the whole nose-section is gone!

I must confess I still have a nagging worry we might look at two different aircraft....

Cheers
Stig
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