jankees Posted November 17, 2019 Share Posted November 17, 2019 jk2027 jk2035 jk2028 The Sonderkommando Blaich (English: Special detail Blaich) was a German special unit consisting of one Heinkel He 111 medium bomber that raided Free French–controlled Fort Lamy (present-day N'Djamena) in the Chad region of French Equatorial Africa in January 1942. The raid against the target located 1,250 mi (2,010 km) from the German-Italian bases in North Africa was a success but, on its return flight, the German plane ran out of fuel and had to make an emergency landing; both crew and plane were rescued a week later. More on this raid here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonderkommando_Blaich. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VH-KDK Posted November 17, 2019 Share Posted November 17, 2019 That is interesting JanKees, something I had never heard of. Also another beautiful paint job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stillwater Posted November 17, 2019 Share Posted November 17, 2019 A lovely paint job once again, Jan Kees. And good to remember these (crazy) times, especially today on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Totensonntag Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Sawyer Posted November 17, 2019 Share Posted November 17, 2019 Dang, amazing story. Can't wait to see how this spot will look with Orbx's new Africa coming soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musterpilot Posted November 17, 2019 Share Posted November 17, 2019 Very nice indeed great paint to John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adambar Posted November 18, 2019 Share Posted November 18, 2019 Great story and paint JK! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pezi Posted November 18, 2019 Share Posted November 18, 2019 the attack that day had a total of three planes. One HE111, one SAVOIA and one Messerschmitt ME108. The ME108 was Blaich's own Aircraft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jankees Posted November 18, 2019 Author Share Posted November 18, 2019 No, they flew to a base camp in the desert with the three aircraft, but only the Heinkel flew the attack. On the way back it ran out of fuel, and they were only rescued a few days later. They were resupplied and the Heinkel flew back. It crashed a few months later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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