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Eagles Experten
By: pilotofficerprune Date: October 6, 2018, 2:12 am
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I have four slots for Experten counters in Eagles. Who should I
put in there? I'm open to suggestions. The rules:
(1) Can't be anyone who already has a counter.
(2) Must have had a successful late war career, not someone who
was largely desk-jockeying by the late war.
(3) There must be a link to a good, high-resolution image of
them.
(4) Ideally I'd like no more than one of any nationality.
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Re: Eagles Experten
By: Elias Nordling Date: October 6, 2018, 1:26 pm
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It is a bit of a stretch as he had a desktop job in the air
force by 1945, but he seemed to have a way of getting in on the
fighting. If you want a Swedish ace, this is your man:
HTML https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Gustaf_von_Rosen
Here's a portrait picture:
HTML https://stockholmskallan.stockholm.se/post/18984
I have a monograph of him that I haven't read yet.
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Re: Eagles Experten
By: pilotofficerprune Date: October 6, 2018, 1:38 pm
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He's quite a character. Though sadly lacking wartime fighter
experience.
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Re: Eagles Experten
By: Elias Nordling Date: October 8, 2018, 7:05 am
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With 3 confirmed kills from the Winter War, Per-Johan Salwén
seems to be the closest we have to a Swedish ace. He also became
a test pilot. Unfortunately he was killed in an accident with a
J22 prototype in 1943.
HTML http://surfcity.kund.dalnet.se/sweden_salwen.htm
Einar Tehler had 2 victories and was an active J22 pilot in
1945.
HTML http://surfcity.kund.dalnet.se/sweden_tehler.htm
Here:s the lot, in a fairly high resolution group portrait:
HTML https://digitaltmuseum.se/021017340959/grupportratt-flygforare-tillhorande-jaktdivisionen-vid-svenska-frivilligkaren
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Re: Eagles Experten
By: pilotofficerprune Date: October 8, 2018, 7:48 am
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Cool!
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Re: Eagles Experten
By: ScottKey Date: October 8, 2018, 5:12 pm
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Neel Kearby?
USAAF 5th Air Force ace in the P-47. 22 kills. Medal of Honor.
Mostly over New Guinea (I think).
There is a Life magazine cover featuring him so that’s going to
be pretty high-res.
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Re: Eagles Experten
By: pilotofficerprune Date: October 9, 2018, 12:54 am
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Good pick.
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Re: Eagles Experten
By: pilotofficerprune Date: November 26, 2018, 5:42 am
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I'm sorry, we are unlikely to have any Swedish pilot Experte
counters. I've found four pictures that look fairly good: of
Pierre Clostermann, Iwamoto Tetsuzo, Hub Zemke and Neville Duke.
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Re: Eagles Experten
By: Elias Nordling Date: November 26, 2018, 6:10 am
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No problem!
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Re: Eagles Experten
By: pilotofficerprune Date: December 22, 2018, 12:07 pm
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Oops! I just realised that Clostermann had already appeared in
Blitz. So I swapped him out for my childhood hero: Roland
Beamont.
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