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There is a rogue group of copyright infringers who have stolen a much earlier version of my data - from at least 10 years ago - and have the affrontery to publish that, along with using my name, on their poorly researched website. They claim this is the 'original' Kracker Archive, a ridiculous claim since my Archive has been in a state of continuous development for over 30 years and nobody - NOBODY - has the original. They have no right to use my name or my data and readers who come across this nonsense should do nothing to encourage theft of this nature. I am outraged by this blatant theft and misrepresentation of my lifetime's work. The ONLY person I have ever authorized to publish my data and use my name is Kelvin Youngs, who earned my trust and respect many years ago and is authorized by me to publish my work on whichever website he organizes, currently this being its present home at the highly respected Aircrew Remembered.

 

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#	Pilot (↑)	Rank	Born	Place	Score (↑)	Units	Aircraft	Awards	*************Notes*************	Photo	Links	AuthorComments
1	Pleines, Ernst	Fw	4/1/1920	Rheinhausen		2/JGr-West	Bf 109G-6 Werk # 163306 "RQ + DS" "Red 3" (lost 5/28/44)	Fighter Operational Clasp	KIFA 28 May, 1944 while making a force landing by Gabbert. Jager Blatt 4/2002 & D.Drury. Added: He is buried in Jaworz Poland, after crashing in the Trabun See (now Trzebun Lake). The ac was recovered from the lake in 1999, and now resides in the Polish Aviation Museum in Krakow, coded "Red 3" (D.Drury). Added: Another source states Fw Ernst Pleines "crashed after takeoff at Jaworz" (A.Rosseels).
2	Pleines, Helmut L.E.	Uffz			1	3/NJGr-10, 3/EJG-2 (2/45)	Bf 110G-4 or He 219A-0 in NJGr, Ar 96B-6 Werk # 430096 "GE + 61" (lost 2/10/45) in EJG-2	EK 2 Night Fighter Operational Clasp	KIC 10 February, 1945 during detached duties from NJGr-10, as an instructor, in 3/EJG-2. Buried Perleberg, Blk 6/1/6. Source: T. Boiten & A.Rosseels.
3	Pleines, Walter	Uffz			5	7/JG-1 (2/44), 8/JG-1 (5/44), 9/JG-1 (4/44 Reich Def; 3/45 Anklam)	Bf 109G-6 "Yellow 9 + I" (lost 4/11/44), G-10 & G-14	EP EK 1 & 2 Wound Badge Fighter Operational Clasp	WIA 11 April, 1944 during aerial combat with a P-47 near Wolfsburg; he crash landed, and his ac was hit again on the ground. One known victory, his 1st, a B-17 at Stuttgart on 25 February, 1944. His 2nd, a B-17 at Deventer-Raalte on 8 March, 1944. His 3rd, a P-47 near Braunschweig on 11 April, 1944. A 4th, a P-38 on 17 July, 1944. A 5th, a P-38 NW of Paris on 18 July, 1944. Survived the war.

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