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Old June 28th, 2004, 11:51 PM
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339th Gun Camera Footage




This shot shows Lt. Schulte's stricken Me-262 crashing and notice the parachute in the upper right, just above the road...... camera shot from 2/Lt. Leonard A. Kunz





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Old June 29th, 2004, 12:43 AM
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Great site man, wish it had a little more video though
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and did you know the P-51 shot the Me 262 while he was in his chute ?

sad but true
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Old June 29th, 2004, 12:49 AM
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and did you know the P-51 shot the Me 262 while he was in his chute ?

sad but true
wait.. he shot the Pilot after he had bailed?!?!


WTF, the Jerry better had done something to justify that act.

You just dont shoot pilots thatve bailed...

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Old June 29th, 2004, 03:48 AM
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wanna bet ! Me 262 pilots were at the top of the US fighter forces listing to get bumped. Needless to say it happened often enough and not to just jet pilots. The 357th fg was the highest scoring German pilot shooters..............yee haw

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