Real Action Stories -with aviation art images- Part 1
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Good day everyone.
I got a few images I created that you might like to see, and its my pleasure to share it
with you all.

Enjoy,
and cheers
MAX

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" This is NOT an airfield ! "
Image based on a real event.

As told by Luftwaffe pilot Hellmut Detjens ...
[Image: LuftwaffepilotHellmutDetjens.jpg]

"... Our squadron flight controller reported the approach of an enemy reconnaissance aircraft over the Ostsee (the Baltic Sea). Lt. Weber and I took off as a Rotte, and were directed to the location by Preusker. I was at full power, but Weber started to pull away from me, and when I asked him to power back, he just sped on and vanished into the distance.
In the hopes of catching a (USAF) Lightning or a (RAF) Mosquito unawares, I kept to my present course. Then suddenly one of my engines lost power and flamed out. The only thing I knew was that I was quite high and somewhere over the Ostesee. Below me, the clouds had closed up to form a solid, impenetrable, blanket. I turned the aircraft onto a reverse heading, then started to call my field over the radio, which was Brandenburg, using code
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