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Major Wolfgang Späte, in a Me...

history · 13 May 1944 · 80 years ago

Major Wolfgang Späte, in a Me 163 jet aircraft launched from Bad Zwischenahn in northern Germany, pursued two USAAF P-47 fighters. Mechanical problems with the aircraft cause Späte to eventually lose contact with the US fighters. 

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