The Mammoth Book of Fighter Pilots (61 page)

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Messerschmitt 110, two seater fighter, later withdrawn from daylight service because of its lack of manoeuvrability.

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In retrospect I think that either this pilot was suffering from “dog-fight confusion” or he was mis-interpreted by the French.
[P.R.]

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Group Captain Cunningham, D.S.O., O.B.E., D.F.C.

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Squadron Leader C.F. Rawnsley, D.S.O., D.F.C., D.F.M.

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This was 2 July 1967: two companies from 1st battallion, 9th Marines, were ambushed by an NVA unit at Con Thien, just below the Demilitarised Zone

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CAP: Combat Air Patrol