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Forensic Science, Medicine and Pathology
Published in: Forensic Science, Medicine and Pathology 3/2013

01-09-2013 | Letter to the Editor

Potential DVI issues pertaining to Luftwaffe interception units toward the end of WWII

Authors: René Gapert, Kurt Rieder

Published in: Forensic Science, Medicine and Pathology | Issue 3/2013

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In this issue of the journal we have described scene examination and the process of assessment of a fragment of skeletal material taken from a WWII fighter plane crash site [1]. It is of interest that at that late stage in the war with significantly reduced Luftwaffe numbers, three German Sturmjäger units, IV.(Sturm)/JG 3, II.(Sturm)/JG 300 and II.(Sturm) JG 4 had orders to ram any bombers as a last resort if they could not be shot down [2]. The pilots who volunteered to be part of these special units had to sign a contract/oath to this effect and the papers with their signatures were kept locked away. …
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Rose A. Radikaler Luftkampf: Die Geschichte deutscher Rammjäger. Stuttgart: Motorbuch Verlag; 1977.
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Title
Potential DVI issues pertaining to Luftwaffe interception units toward the end of WWII
Authors
René Gapert
Kurt Rieder
Publication date
01-09-2013
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Forensic Science, Medicine and Pathology / Issue 3/2013
Print ISSN: 1547-769X
Electronic ISSN: 1556-2891
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12024-012-9399-x

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