{"id":159,"date":"2011-04-28T21:09:06","date_gmt":"2011-04-29T04:09:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/arcdream.com\/home\/?p=159"},"modified":"2011-05-03T11:45:42","modified_gmt":"2011-05-03T18:45:42","slug":"cien-downs-der-flieger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcdream.com\/home\/2011\/04\/cien-downs-der-flieger\/","title":{"rendered":"Cien Downs Der Flieger"},"content":{"rendered":"

“He looked like a little boy who couldn’t get his favorite toy off a high shelf.”\u00a0\u2014\u00a0Sgt. Michael Cappara, commenting on Der Flieger’s defeat at Banville, 6 June 1944.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

June 6, 1944 <\/strong>\u2014 The Polish Talent\u00a0Cien<\/em> and a portion of the British Sixth Airborne Division, in an attempt to link up with incoming Canadian forces on Juno Beach, pushed south from the Orne River to Banville, a small town just past the beachhead at 7:22 A.M. on June 6. There, they met the world’s first Talent:\u00a0Der Flieger<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

Based on the French coast at F\u00e9camp,\u00a0Der Flieger<\/em> was alerted to the invasion in the middle of the night.<\/p>\n

By dawn the\u00a0\u00dcbermensch <\/em>had downed nine fighters and two transport aircraft.<\/p>\n

Seeing the invasion fleet gathered to the south, he headed along the coast to assist German forces in the defense of Normandy.\u00a0Der Flieger <\/em>\u201csonic-boomed\u201d Allied troops at Sword Beach, and seeing a furtive group of soldiers securing the small shoreline town of Banville, swept in low to identify them.<\/p>\n

He flew too close.\u00a0Cien<\/em> took a blind swipe at him with his power, knocking\u00a0Der Flieger <\/em>from the air with a telekinetic shadow hand. The\u00dcbermensch<\/em> skidded to a halt in the mud with his leg broken and two ribs shattered.<\/p>\n

An Allied combat photographer snapped a shot of the\u00a0\u00dcbermensch <\/em>in the mud, his face contorted in disgust and pain. The photograph made the cover of\u00a0Time<\/em> with the legend \u201cThe Super-Man in Defeat,\u201d and became one of the most famous photographs ever taken.<\/p>\n

Despite\u00a0Cien’s <\/em>best efforts,\u00a0Der Flieger<\/em> fled the scene before he could be captured, flying unsteadily off to the east.\u00a0Der Flieger<\/em> was done with Normandy.<\/p>\n

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On D-Day, Der Flieger recovers in the mud of Normandy after being knocked from the air by the Polish Talent Cien.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“He looked like a little boy who couldn’t get his favorite toy off a high shelf.”\u00a0\u2014\u00a0Sgt. Michael Cappara, commenting on Der Flieger’s<\/p>\n

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