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


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  1. I hate it when a wing falls off.

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  2. I expect the Aviation Carpenter's Mate got a sound thrashing for that.

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    1. 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.

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