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Title: Surviving LW Aces?
Post by: mandingo on August 04, 2006, 05:33:47 AM

anyone know how many of these of the greatest pilots ever survive?  how did they fought so bravely against such odds!  do any still speak of their experiences?  much interest in the finest pilots ever...

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Title: Surviving LW Aces?
Post by: Panzzer on August 04, 2006, 06:27:17 AM

G. Rall is still alive, or at least he was in May when he visited in Finland talking about his experiences.

Title: Surviving LW Aces?
Post by: Sombra on August 04, 2006, 09:15:27 AM

I was present at this lecture (http://scw.aviadoresvirtuales.org/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=247)  in 2005 (mp3 of the talk (http://ava.sarriacity.net/ftp/archivosvarios/conferenciapeterbrill.mp3) , in spanish).

Mr. Peter Brill, not an ace (4 Yak-9 downed), but I'd have attended even with 0 kills and 12 airframes lost :D.

A (little) problem with this lecture and others I have been to, is that most of what is said you already know if you are a little interested in aviation history. Moveover, I don't know about G. Rall, but Mr. Brill declined to talk about his experiences on air combat, unfortunately (I guess the most important subject for us).

The most singular memory I have from his speech is that he said he was trained in a special unit of He-177 to bomb America, don't ask me how.

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