02-03-17, 11:53 AM
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Gefallen Engel U-666
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Originally Posted by Von Due
Those captured P-51s, I had no idea! That's a pretty special chapter in the WW2 air war.
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YEAH! Several P-51s were captured by the Luftwaffe as Beuteflugzeug ("captured aircraft") following crash landings. These aircraft were subsequently repaired and test-flown by the Zirkus Rosarius, or Rosarius Staffel, the official Erprobungskommando of the Luftwaffe High Command, for combat evaluation at Göttingen. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zirkus_RosariusThe allies responded in kind with the 'Ratwaffe' for testing German captured and cannibalized aircraft.
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