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Old 23rd February 2011, 15:25
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Lucky 109 pilot nearly crashes taking off from a rain-soaked runway. Video link
Brief clip, but incredibly lucky/skilful pilot as he leads a Scramble take-off from a rain-soaked runway.

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http://blip.tv/file/4803479
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Old 23rd February 2011, 15:54
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Re: Lucky 109 pilot nearly crashes taking off from a rain-soaked runway. Video link
Most of those a/c look like Fw190D-9s to me.
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Old 23rd February 2011, 16:12
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Re: Lucky 109 pilot nearly crashes taking off from a rain-soaked runway. Video link
its a Fw 190 D-9 - shown in a german news reel - "german fighters taken off January 1st 1945.

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Old 23rd February 2011, 18:14
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Re: Lucky 109 pilot nearly crashes taking off from a rain-soaked runway. Video link
The Bf109s wear winter camo. So it looks like water on frozen ground - spring thaw on the Eastern front.
Otherwise such take-offs would not have been possible...

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Old 23rd February 2011, 20:45
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Not 1st January.

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Old 23rd February 2011, 21:10
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1st of January - thats what the speaker tells in the news reel...

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Old 23rd February 2011, 21:22
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Don't think so....there is a Wochenschau on 1.1.45 (Nr.748 of 11.1.45) and this comes from another Wochenschau...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDaeq...eature=related


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Old 23rd February 2011, 22:50
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Re: Lucky 109 pilot nearly crashes taking off from a rain-soaked runway. Video link
hm, somewhere had it on tape, sounds: " Am Neujahrstag starten unsere Jäger zu einem grossen Schlag gegen die Angloamerikanische Luftwaffe........."

follows some strafing runs (B-25, C-47, etc. and some aerial combat footage)

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Old 23rd February 2011, 23:18
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Re: Lucky 109 pilot nearly crashes taking off from a rain-soaked runway. Video link
The Wochenschau of 11.1.1945 with "Bodenplatte"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Psh-HgAO_aE

not the same as the take off mentioned in this post

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Looks to me that a couple of those D-9s had prop strikes......the tails were way too high.
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