Daring Mission

[MajorMagee]

May 10, 1939

A daring escapade ended in tradegy today when French brothers Jean and Xavier Oettil were killed in the crash of a Bf 110 fighter, which they had stolen from the Messerschmitt factory. They escaped from germany, but lost their way and crashed in thick fog near Villers-sous-Chalamont. French officials will still welcome the chance to examine the wrecked fighter.

That's a story I'd never seen before.

[Pat Pattle]

Me neither, that's real life ' BoysOwn' stuff.

Where did you find that story?

[Nonato]

That's a story I'd never seen before.

Is this a pre-war story?!

[MajorMagee]

Yes it's a pre-war news story documented in one of Bill Gunston's books.

I can also see this story around a few places on the Internet en francais but they don't have any additional detail.

Coincidentally it was exactly 2 years later to the day that Rudolph Hess flew a Bf110 to Scotland.