Thread: Say, wasnt' there an 'in-joke' about a LW pilot posted here?
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Old 7th May 2006, 20:47
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Re: Say, wasnt' there an 'in-joke' about a LW pilot posted here?
Not the only story of a short Luftwaffe pilot...

"Steinmann, his wingman Hans Franek,...and I waited for Major Specht.On the horizon two Fw-190s appeared and flew over the strip at low altitude.
In the first Fw-190 there was no one inside. She flew herself alone? A very short chap in a leather flying suit got out. That was him!"

I think Guenther Specht was failry short, probabbly around 5' 3". Josef Priller was only 5'4"" and there was Sgt pilot, Heinz Polak who flew for JG-53 who was,I believe 159 cm in height,5'2". All were succesful fighter pliots
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