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Re: Aircrew sidearms
British Aircrew carried a revolver.
Also wasn't Hauptmann Ernist Tietzen of JG51 found drifting in his dingy during the Battle of Britain with a single bullet hole in his head and his sidearm on his lap. He had shot himself rather than have a slow death in a dingy, even though a Luftwaffe rescue plane found him soon after he was shot down?
I am lead to believe that the carrying of sidearms by Luftwaffe personel was banned after this for a short period?
Other than keeping civillians away a pistol is of limited use.
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