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Re: eBay: Allied intrest
Reading Air War for Yugoslavia, Greece and Crete 1940-41 the three authors says regarding the losses
"Lt Jacob Arnoldy obtained hits on Charles Chetham's aircraft. Onlookers saw the latter come down in a
seemingly controlled glide and disappear behind some trees outside the airfield boundary; he was in fact
killed".
Mackie then shot down Arnoldy and then "Fw Otto Köhler engaged him from astern. The Hurricane
flipped over, caught fire and exploded on crashing, killing the Canadian pilot."
What about if we change the two aircraft?
Mackie lost in V7419 and Chetham in P3732?
It is perhaps even more possible that P3732 was among the many Hurricanes DBR by strafing 109s
at Larissa (33Sq's base) later during the same day.
Looking at the picture the cockpit looks intact, aircraft has its wheels down etc very much looking
like an aircraft which has been damaged on the ground....
B Rgds
Stig
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