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Skvortsov
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Lazy Cat
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21.11.2014 23:31:32
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WWII; ВВС; 1941;
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Flight Lietenant Ripley Ogden Jones, таран 17 октября 1942 над Мальтой
GKmdr Major Heinrich Paekpcke was pilot of the leading JU 88 of seven bombers attacking early this morning when his aircraft was involved in a head-on collision with a Spitfire just off the coast to the south east of Valletta. Both pilots were killed instantly, although the three other Luftwaffe crewmen seen to bail out before the bomber hit the water. Spitfire pilot Flight Lieutenant Jones was a member of 126 Squadron sent to intercept the enemy raiders.