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Old 13 October 2009, 12:01 AM   #6 (permalink)
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... you can see Fokker is wearing Bird's flying coat and hat, which is indicative of how much some flight gear was prized, as like MVR, there's little doubt Anthony Fokker could have afforded the best that money could buy.
One good example is Carl August von Schoenebeck wearing the flying coat of his first aerial victory, standing in front of the plane he had brought down.

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