 | Father of the German Night Fighter arm . . . .| Aviation Discuss Father of the German Night Fighter arm . . . . in the World War II - Aviation forums; Wolfgang Falck passed away yesterday March 13, 2007 at 96 years of age. A good ful-filling life, it was ... |
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03-14-2007, 04:58 PM
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#1 | | the old Sage
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Wolfgang Falck passed away yesterday March 13, 2007 at 96 years of age. A good ful-filling life, it was my pleasure to interview the man
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03-15-2007, 09:07 AM
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He flew as a private pilot many years after WW2.
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Erich do you still transcripts of the interview?
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Would love to read the interview.....
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Country: | the interview is actually applied to our Moskito-jagd book, short, brief and to the point he led me to two other contacts. A very happy, friendly sort
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