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Peter_T1958 · 1 December 2009, 06:42 AM

Ok, what I have until now is …

1) A contemporaneous Swiss Army’s internal report says , three aircraft
landed at Rapperswil on 13.11.18. One of them was
Fritz Beckhardt
(D.III; 8356/1917)

2) The same army report recorded two other Siemens-Schuckerts, both
landed at Schaffhausen on the same day, flown by

Heinrich DEMBOWSKY
(D.III; 1618/18),
and
Arnold EGER
(D.III; 8344/17)

Pilot Lange does still not fit in this list, as I tend to trust the Swiss Army report, unless there had been more than three SSW that day.
Why should Swiss authorities make it up?

But at least it seems, that newer documents, that recorded two SSW D.III’s and one SSW D.IV, must be wrong.

What I am doing now is to search in local archives, i.e. local newspapers.
I am in contact with local historians and Swiss aviation experts too. Hope I will be able to find some new stuff…

Perhaps about these two:

???

1 December 2009, 06:42 AM	#14 (permalink)
Peter_T1958 Two-seater Pilot Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Switzerland Posts: 108	Ok, what I have until now is … 1) A contemporaneous Swiss Army’s internal report says , three aircraft landed at Rapperswil on 13.11.18. One of them was Fritz Beckhardt (D.III; 8356/1917) 2) The same army report recorded two other Siemens-Schuckerts, both landed at Schaffhausen on the same day, flown by Heinrich DEMBOWSKY (D.III; 1618/18), and Arnold EGER (D.III; 8344/17) Pilot Lange does still not fit in this list, as I tend to trust the Swiss Army report, unless there had been more than three SSW that day. Why should Swiss authorities make it up? But at least it seems, that newer documents, that recorded two SSW D.III’s and one SSW D.IV, must be wrong. What I am doing now is to search in local archives, i.e. local newspapers. I am in contact with local historians and Swiss aviation experts too. Hope I will be able to find some new stuff… Perhaps about these two: ??? ???