Thread: Acfts ID Budapest
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Old 14th May 2015, 16:03
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Re: Acfts ID Budapest
Yes, these are German DFS 230 gliders in Buda, on Vérmező ("Blood-field" a city park, used as landing strip) participating the Budapest airlift in January, 1945 when they tried to send supplies mainly from Pápa airfield in Western-Hungary during the night hours to the encircled forces of Budapest. Certainly it was not efficient enough and many packages fell into Russian hands, etc. 2nd pic shows Fw. Jacob Filius' famous DFS 230 glider (2./LLG.1) in the roof of 37 Attila street after the January 23/24, 1945 crash. Poor guy missed the landing at night and was beheaded by the force of the crash. Markings: H4+2 - 6.

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