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Re: New data about the fate of Lt. Smiatek (4./JG52)
Hello Frans,
I know it. But according to reports of 97.JD and Lw FlakAbt. which has cooperated with 97.JD, he was alive and slightly wounded only after the forced landing.
Maybe
a) his wounds wasn't so slight as it seemed initially, or
b) he was KIA during the Russian night air raids at night 4/5.Jun43, or
c) he fell victim of the road accident during a transportation to the division's dressing-station.
His Bf109 has landed in the 97.JD sector so the reports were from the eye-witnesses. And they sent him to the Gladkowskaja. And he mentioned with his surname - not a common thing in the army's document. So no doubts about his presence.
It seems the info that he has baled out over sea is incorrect.
Best regards,
Andrey
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