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Tango01  | 03 May 2025 3:51 p.m. PST |
"Rudolf Von Eschwege was a young German pilot who, when commissioned an officer, was sent to the Macedonian Front. There, on the fringes of WW1, an air force of Turks, Germans, and Bulgarians were up against a vastly numerically superior French and Franco-Serbian foe. In fact Eschwege was covering a nearly 100 mile front with one Albatros scout, assisting three two-seater reconnaissance planes. Opposing him were over 200 enemy aircraft, including four British squadrons. Despite this he achieved 18 kills. The latter of these were balloons, and that was how he died; the British sent up a dummy balloon with explosives in the basket and detonated them when he flew within range to attack it…"
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