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2012-11-04

The day a Belgian Thunderflash landed in East Germany

 An episode related in the excellent book of Daniel about the Thunderflash

 In May 1958, a Belgian Air Force RF-84F was intercepted over the GDR and forced to land at the Soviet airfield at Damgarten. Daniel Brackx had the opportunity to question its pilot during the summer of 2011. Here is the text of that interview that sheds light on this unusual Cold War event.
http://www.16va.be/paulus_eng.html