Aces High Bulletin Board
General Forums => Wishlist => Topic started by: Zacherof on April 18, 2013, 10:04:39 PM
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But how bout some Swiss fighters?
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You mean like the Pope's bodyguards?
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You mean like the Pope's bodyguards?
Yeah! I'll pay 39perks to run around and hit tanks and planes with spears and axes
I mean Saabs fighters.
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Found this thread in the WW2Aircraft.net forums.
On 1 June, the Flugwaffe dispatched 12 Bf 109 E-1s to engage 36 unescorted German Heinkel He 111s of Kampfgeschwader 53 that were crossing Swiss airspace to attack the Lyon - Marseilles railway system. The Swiss Air force sustained its first casualty in the engagement when Sub Lieutenant Rudolf Rickenbacher was killed when the fuel tank of his Bf 109 exploded after being hit by the Heinkel's return fire. However, the Swiss "Emils" shot down six He 111s.
On 8 June, a C-35 observation aircraft, an antiquated biplane, was attacked over the Jura Mountains by two German Bf 110s; the pilot and observer were killed. Later on the same day, Swiss Captain Lindecker led about 15 Swiss Emils to intercept a formation of German He 111s escorted by II./Zerstörergeschwader 1's Bf 110s. The engagement resulted in five Bf 110s being shot down (including the Staffelkapitän Gerhard Kadow) for the loss of one Swiss Bf 109.
Swiss Air Force in WW2 (http://www.ww2aircraft.net/forum/aircraft-pictures/swiss-air-force-28736.html)
ack-ack
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Yeah! I'll pay 39perks to run around and hit tanks and planes with spears and axes
I mean Saabs fighters.
SAAB is from SWEDEN! :lol
Just a reminder.. Sweden and Switzerland are not the same,
Despite the blond hair and big bazookas they have in common..
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:bolt: well then.