Thanks for taking time to add the additional info, that makes perfectly good sense to me. Hope everything's fine in Texas and your naval dirk collecting is going well, it's been quite a while since last we spoke.
Dean - I was reading through more of the German postings and thought these little tidbits might prove interesting too...
Kurt Jeschonnek was on a mission as observer with Franz Ulrich piloting the Rumpler aircraft. Sometime after the objective was fulfilled they came into a battle with three French fighter planes and were shot down from an altitude of 5300 meters. Later it came to light the the French pilot Bisonnade scored the victory. Observer Jeschonnek was killed and Franz Ulrich suffered a broken arm.
Another member of FFA 281 (formerly FFA 67) was Friedrich Wilhelm Plumpe. While flying in bad visabilty he landed and found he had crossed the Swiss border and was interned there. After the war he continued his interests in theatre, especially silent films. He changed his name to F.W. Murnau and became one of the most famous German film directors of that era. He was best known for his silent film classic, "Nosferatu," the ghoulish vampire story. He then went to Hollywood and died in an automobile accident in 1931.
