Romanian Me 109 F?

THe Italian instructors of 1940 Otopeni/Tunari-flying school.
The finger belongs to Ion Dobran.
The guy dreesed with a white suit,died in a dog figth over Tubrook.

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Is Johaness Steinhoff stil alive?

C-2 !!!!!! How did you get this photo , my uncle who was at ARR has it too I was about to post it tomorrow under my other topic called ARR Pilot profiles.Can you ask him on how Loc.Troncconi lost his left hand and what was he doing at ARR if he was not on flight status , was he ground instructor ?

You did wonders with Dobran...did you buy him Whiskey or just left him your car as a gift ?

Alex

This post has been edited by alexkdl on February 10, 2005 11:47 pm

Here it's 1.50 am,you'll have to wait till tomorrow...
Dobran is a very nice person.
He is not driving anymore,and he sufferes from ulcus,so he won't be drinking alcohol anymore.

Wish him all the best from me and long life.....!!! great pilot and great personality !!!

Alex

Actually Lipfert said no one can fly lower then him and one crazy pilot said "like hell we can't" so they took off and the romanian pilot flew as Lipfert's wing, ofcourse he was crazy enough to fly a little lower then Lipfert thus the tips of his proppellers were hitting the ground, when the plane landed they noticed they were bent

This post has been edited by D13-th_Mytzu on February 11, 2005 07:36 am

Yes, but romanians knew a trick . They stay in formation in second position and look through Bf-109 tail hole ( lifting tail device) and from that position the second plane was with 0,5 m lower than leader plane. Ofcourse Dobran was second position and Lipfert leader in that contest.

Dan.

This post has been edited by Cantacuzino on February 14, 2005 07:18 am

Alex,Lt Tronconni,had his bouth arms...
He was an activ flying instructor,and like I wrote,he flew combat missions in N Africa,and died in a dog fight at Tobruk.

C-2 thanks but look again at the photo with magnifying glass Tranconi has instead a hand a device

Alex

I reactivate this topic with a question: I try to finish a kit representing the Bf-109F presented on this topic - the 6 White crashed at Tiraspol - because I wanted to make a "Romanian" Bf-109F. My questions are: where to put the yellow markings - on the whole engine cowling or only below, is any swastika on the tail and the wing tips are painted in yellow both surfaces(up and below) or in other way? I searched in many books about JG 52 and I'm puzzled about the painting scheme, so I'm asking for your help.