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Originally Posted by drgondog
"..and I followed, hitting him with another burst. Right after that he jettisoned his canopy, preparing to bail out but the aircraft was too low to the ground. His aircraft then hit the ground while still doing 250mph and tumbled along while pieces flew in every direction."
quote page 69 Blue Nosed Bastards of Bodney.
Kb - was there another eyewitness report saying he actually bailed out?
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Originally Posted by kb
[quote/]Kb - was there another eyewitness report saying he actually bailed out?
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The loss record says crashed 1 km southwest of Magdeburg. FSA= fallschirmabsprung (parachuted), zu tief (too low)
Who knows, perhaps he was thrown from the plane on impact and his parachute deployed then?[/quote]
Gents
Thank you for your continued help with my original question concerning Steinke.
Before I get too excited and declare in my mind that it was definatly Abbot who shot down Steinke, I would like to go over a couple of points with you both:
The axis of operations around Magdeburg where Steinke came down was definatly covered by the 352 FG? Is it possible another FG could of been operating in that area?
As IV./JG3 lost 3 Bf-109 aircraft on 29-Apr-44, could Abbot's kill possibly be one other than Steinke?
I have to say, with what has been posted already, I am hoping against hope on this one that it was Abbot however, I really am in the hands of you people who obviously have a wealth of knowledge on the sunject.
Gents, please put me out of my misery here, can all angles be covered in pinning Abbot's kill on to Rolf Steinke?
Your continued help really is appreciated.
Regards Richard.