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Amputee fighter aces.
OK I know a lot about Douglas Bader.
I want to know more about a Soviet pilot named Alexei Maraslev or some version of that. Christophers old book Air Aces has a an intriguing story about this Guards Regiment Major who was shot down and spent 19 days crawling through woods on injured legs. Rescued he lost both logs below the knee but returned to his unit. He is credited with between 11 and 19 German aircraft. Somewhere I read about other Soviet amputee pilots as well but damned if I can find the book now. Anyone got more information? Was Maraslev's story a figment of some propogandist? Web searches turn up a lot about old Dougie. John Dupre' |
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JDupre5762 wrote:
OK I know a lot about Douglas Bader. I want to know more about a Soviet pilot named Alexei Maraslev or some version of that. Christophers old book Air Aces has a an intriguing story about this Guards Regiment Major who was shot down and spent 19 days crawling through woods on injured legs. Rescued he lost both logs below the knee but returned to his unit. He is credited with between 11 and 19 German aircraft. Somewhere I read about other Soviet amputee pilots as well but damned if I can find the book now. Anyone got more information? Was Maraslev's story a figment of some propogandist? Web searches turn up a lot about old Dougie. John Dupre' How about Hans-Ulrich Rudel? A stuka tankbuster 'ace' - he may have shot down a few planes as well! cheers rb |
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Yohei Hinoki was a lieutenant in the 64th Sentai, flying retractable gear Hayabusa fighters (Oscars), fought against the AVG Flying Tigers in Burma. Later, defending Burma against Allied air attack, he was shot down and lost a leg in consequence. He was sent back to Japan (making him the lucky one!) and learned to fly again as a flight instructor. Toward the end of the war, the JAAF was in such need of fighter pilots that Hinoki climbed into a fighter and flew combat missions again. He was credited with shooting down a P-51 on July 16, 1945, supposedly his 12th victory. (I found JAAF credits hugely inflated, though not nearly so inflated as those of the JNAF.) all the best -- Dan Ford email: (put Cubdriver in subject line) The Warbird's Forum www.warbirdforum.com Expedition sailboat charters www.expeditionsail.com |
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How about Hans-Ulrich Rudel? A stuka tankbuster 'ace' - he may have shot down a few planes as well! He did, as did his hard-ass top cover FW 190 pal, the mercurial Hauptmann Lau (also a one-legger). Several others, but he really stands out... figuratively... v/r Gordon ====(A+C==== USN SAR Its always better to lose -an- engine, not -the- engine. |
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James MacLachlan lost an arm over Malta, and returned to flying with an
artificial arm. His personal insignia was a uniformed arm being drilled by a bullet as it was giving the Vee. |
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"Krztalizer" == Krztalizer writes:
How about Hans-Ulrich Rudel? A stuka tankbuster 'ace' - he may have shot down a few planes as well! Krztalizer He did, as did his hard-ass top cover FW 190 pal, the Krztalizer mercurial Hauptmann Lau (also a one-legger). Several Krztalizer others, but he really stands out... figuratively... Krztalizer v/r Gordon ====(A+C==== USN SAR Krztalizer Its always better to lose -an- engine, not -the- Krztalizer engine. A nice site with lots of pilots' writeups. This is the main page: http://www.pilotenbunker.de/index2.html -- G Hassenpflug * IJN & JMSDF equipment/history fan |
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rb wrote: JDupre5762 wrote: OK I know a lot about Douglas Bader. I want to know more about a Soviet pilot named Alexei Maraslev or some version of that. Christophers old book Air Aces has a an intriguing story about this Guards Regiment Major who was shot down and spent 19 days crawling through woods on injured legs. Rescued he lost both logs below the knee but returned to his unit. He is credited with between 11 and 19 German aircraft. Somewhere I read about other Soviet amputee pilots as well but damned if I can find the book now. Anyone got more information? Was Maraslev's story a figment of some propogandist? Web searches turn up a lot about old Dougie. John Dupre' How about Hans-Ulrich Rudel? A stuka tankbuster 'ace' - he may have shot down a few planes as well! cheers rb Rudel has (depending on which story you read about him) either 9 or 11 Soviet aircraft kills. Posted via www.My-Newsgroups.com - web to news gateway for usenet access! |
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Użytkownik "JDupre5762" napisał w wiadomo¶ci ... Was Maraslev's story a figment of some propogandist? There is the book by Boris Polevoy "Povest' o nastoyashtshem tsheloveke" (Story about a real man) about this personality. Pilot's name in the book is Mereseyev (if memory serves...) and the book is a little bit of propaganda, but the model for this character was real. brgds JasiekS Warsaw, Poland |
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