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Originally Posted by Laurent Rizzotti
According to Peter Crump, who was an eyewitness, he was shot down by his own Gruppenkommandeur, Hptm Wilhelm-Ferdinand Galland, who mistakenly identified the Bf 109 as a Spitfire. The incident was of course cleaned up for the official records.
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Oblt. Galland, a brother of the famous former Kommodore of JG 26, Adolf Galland, the then General of Fighters, looked me directly in the eyes, “ (Uffz. Josef) Dobnig, you will confirm that I downed a Spitfire!” That was an order.