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Old January 30th 04, 05:26 AM
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(JDupre5762) wrote:

Does anyone know of any captured aircraft from any war that while being test
flown by the capturing force was attacked and shotdown its previous owners or
allies?

For example the Germans captured many Allied aircraft and test flew and
demonstrated them in their own markings. Were any ever shot down?

I am not considering aircraft captured or purchased from a capturing force
that
were so numerous as to be put into actual operational service, i.e. the
numerous Polikarpovs and Tupolevs of Finland.

John Dupre'


I had an AF ROTC instructor in the late 50s/early 60s, who was a B-17
pilot. He said that one day, a black b-17 shadowed their squadron and
did not respond to calls to join up. They then called in fighters, which
shot it down.