And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Friday, February 8, 2019
Jasta 5’s Albatros D.V 2065_17, shown after losing a wing while flown by Lieutenant Hans Joachim von Hippel. 18 February 1918
Yep, according to this site the wing actually fell off. Looks like a google translate from a czech site, so not really easy to read. Here is an easier to read site, although somewhat confusing on whether it came off in combat or not.
In either case, He survived the incident and the war passing away in 1975.
I hate it when a wing falls off.
ReplyDeleteI expect the Aviation Carpenter's Mate got a sound thrashing for that.
ReplyDeleteYep, according to this site the wing actually fell off. Looks like a google translate from a czech site, so not really easy to read. Here is an easier to read site, although somewhat confusing on whether it came off in combat or not.
DeleteIn either case, He survived the incident and the war passing away in 1975.