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Re: Me 109 G Photograph
There were some extraordinary defections. On 9 September 1943 Lt Josef Thurner of JG 77 flew over from northern Italy and deliberately force landed in Gorski Kotar area in what is today Croatia, near the village of Klana - his birthplace, and joined the XI Partisan Corps. He fought with them until the end of the war and later settled in Zagreb.
What is interesting is that he is listed as MIA on 5 January 1944 and the Yugoslav documents are clear about the date being 9 September 1943.
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