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Re: Ofw. Josef Jupp Keil JG 301

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Originally Posted by James A Pratt III View Post
I would say he most likely survived the war.
I think you're right. Jean-Yves Lorant and Bernard Frappé's 1981 book Le Focke Wulf 190 includes Keil in the list of "special thanks to …" and in the Ta 152 chapter they write: "'As we reached an altitude of about 10,000 metres' Ofw. « Jupp » Keil recalled after the war …"

Incidentally, Axel Urbanke's article about III./JG 301 and the Ta 152 in Luftwaffe im Focus 29 found cases where Keil's Flugbuch entries didn't match with official situation reports etc.
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