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Re: Bf 109 pilot KIA near Schipol - circa Sept/Oct 1941 (quote on "Boldness be my friend" by Richard B. Pape)
Nick and Leendert, thank you very much for the link and inputs.
Thanks to Nick pointing to this new SGLO site (I remembered a huge PDF, some 10 years ago with all the losses on Holland on it. I may still have it somewhere amongst other Hard Drives); I found two other possible matches:
18 Sept 1941 > Lt. H. Rose
27 Sept 1941 : Uffz Fritz Geissler
Sgt R. E. Pape was shot down on the 7th September 1941. He was moving by car to Leyden, which is very close to where Fritz Geissler crashed and was killed (that fits with his description more than the crash of Lt. Rose). Sadly, Pape does not inform the date he was first captured in Holland, which would have given us a good clue.
And Leendert, you are totally right. PAPE wrote correctly on pg.70: Schiphol. That was a typo of mine, for which I apologize.
Adriano
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