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This what I've found in a newsgroup.
Of course, there is no official credit to those statements, however, the author nicknamed (?) Many Souffan seems pretty confident in his writings Funny this guy allegedly invented the famous Micky Maus insigna. Yann ------- Douglas Pitcairn was the second Staffel Kapitan of the 3/J88 from april to the end of July 1937 (he was replaced by Dolfo Galland,) he was the man who introduced the famous Micky Maus insignia for the 3/J88. He never claimed a victory during the spanish tour. the 1st september 39, Haupt Douglas Pitcairn took the command of the 1/JG51 till 5th august 1940 where he had a serious accident just before to take off. His White 1 entered in collision with the White 8 of Fw Willi gasthaus. During this period he shot down 4 aircrafts: 25/9/39 a Curtiss Hawk H75 of GC II/4, 21/5/40 a Hurricane maybe of 253 Sqn. But not sure, possibly also it can be a French fighter, many were shot down in this aera this same day. For these 2 victories Douglas Pitcairn had as Wingman Heinz Bär ( a future experte with 221 victories). The two last victories are the 23/5/40 near Arras against a Dewoitine 520 of GC I/3 and the 6/6/40 against a French bomber Léo 451 probably of GB II/31. After his accident he never flew again and served in different Jafü. |
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