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30th April 2013, 19:51

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Re: Luftwaffe losses on the ground at Lyon-Bron on 30 April 1944

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Originally Posted by Laurent Rizzotti

By the way, I don't see how Ju 86 wrecks, especially one totally destroyed, can be "fitted out for transporting petrol." Or does it mean that they were used as "flying petrol transporters" before being wrecked ?

My impression was that when they were still flyable they had been fitted so they could transport petrol — racks in the fuselage to hold 20-litre jerrycans perhaps?

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