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9th August 2012, 11:57

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Re: Joachim Kirschner's death Spitfires or Thunderbolts

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Originally Posted by Johannes

As the American's usually tried to shoot the Luftwaffe pilots in their parachutes that makes it sound like Spitfires.

Actually far more German pilots survived bailing out after being shot down by US fighters than those that were killed under their chutes, so surviving a bail out is no proof of the identity of the victor. And I would not say it was an usual practice.

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