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F-105D piloted by Major Ralph Kuster Jr of the 469th/13th Tactical Fighter Squadron, 388th Tactical Figther Wing shooting down a VPAF MiG-17 on the 3rd of June 1967.

"The underside of the MIG’s left wing exploded two-thirds of the way between the fuselage and the external underslung fuel tank. Kuster relaxed back stick pressure as the fire and debris from the MIG engulfed the F-105. It passed about 25 feet below the MIG, as the MIG rolled inverted and crashed"

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Two Mistel of II./KG 200 caught by the gun camera installed in the P-51 flown by Lt Bernard H Howes of the 55th FG. The Mustang pilots had spotted the Mistel after they pulled up following a strafing attack on a locomotive near Hagenow on 3 February 1945. The Mistel were part of a formation of four flying from Burg to Tirstrup to take part in Operation Drachenhöhle. Following the P-51 attack Howes witnessed one Mistel crash into a village, where it blew up houses

Anyone looking for a rare World War II German gun camera?

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