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Old 31st October 2009, 21:43
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Oblt Liebe-Piderit 3./Aufkl 123 July 1940

Hi guys

I am currently reading 'The Easter Bunnies', Roman Gastager's memoirs of his time with 3./Aufkl 123. Very interesting and worth obtaining if you haven't already a copy.

He mentions an incident that took the life of his Staffelkapitan Oblt Liebe-Piderit sometime in July 1940. 3 Staffel was operating from Buc airfield, where there was a museum housing the 'original' Bleriot XI. German mechanics prepared this for flight, and Leibe-Piderit crashed and was killed. Can anyone provide confirmation and further details?

Perhaps this is well-known amongst the experts but complete news to me.

Cheers
Brian

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