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| Tango01 | 01 Oct 2020 9:35 p.m. PST |
"The disconsolate, careworn faces of the attendees contrasted sharply with the upbeat cadence of the Cuban Rumba Azul playing on the wind-up gramophone. The pilots and ground crews of Luftwaffe Fighter Wing JG 27 paid their final respects before the remains of their comrade were to be flown to Derna, Libya, 300 miles west, where the body would be interred at the Heroes' Cemetery that same day. Once in Derna, Generalfeldmarschall Albert Kesselring, the Wehrmacht's Commander in Chief in the Mediterranean, delivered an emotional paean, recalling the deceased's legendary aerial exploits. Clearly, this was no ordinary funeral. This final farewell was for a highly decorated hero of the Third Reich, a man who had earned oak leaves, swords, and diamonds to his Knight's Cross, the Luftwaffe's youngest captain, and one of the greatest pilots of World War II. His unparalleled technical skills had gained the admiration of comrades and foes alike, and his rebellious, yet kind, nature had won their respect. The newly departed was an iconoclast – a maverick who, eschewing Nazi ideology, counted a black German-speaking South African POW as one of his closest friends and enjoyed "degenerate" American jazz and Latin music — Rumba Azul his favorite melody…"
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