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Old 3rd May 2005, 09:39
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Re: Yet ANOTHER German nickname for the IL 2...

the german word for butcher is "metzger " or even schlachter (not schlächter)
but the groundattack planes (schlachtflugzeuge ) were called ( nicknamed ) "schlächter" , from the word "schlacht".
the german word " schlacht " translate means " battle " .
maybe a bit hard to understand for non german speaker.
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