European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 26, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday july 26, 1990 the stars Ano stripes Page 9 Over her memorial Rise from Battle ashes by Ron Jensen staff writer Fried los West Germany a in time enemies become friends. They embrace those they tried to kill and those who tried to kill them. They come to Honor each others skill As War nors. It will happen at 6  wednesday in a ceremony to dedicate a unique memo Nal near this town North of bad Hersfeldt. The Marker will Bear the names of 118 american and 18 German fliers who died in an air Battle sept. 27, 1944, above these Woods and tree covered valleys it is believed by its creators to be the Only War memorial honouring the combatants from opposing armies. Attending will be survivors of the Battle a German and american. _ a i have no animosity a said Frank a Bertram who spent several months in a prison Camp after his b-24 was shot Down in the Aerial encounter. Then his voice fills with laughter As he adds a but if i find the Guy who shot my plane Down in a going to kill  forty six years later the killing the combat the close Calls with death a these Are fodder for jokes. Walter Hassenpflug who witnessed the air Battle has reason to hate americans. His Home was bombed two months later and his parents were killed. The 12-year-old Hassenpflug was seriously injured and was the Only one of eight people in the House to survive. Yet he has no bitterness he said. As he grew older he Learned How the War was started and who was to blame. How could he hate the americans in fact it has been his research that led to this memorial. Hassenpflug the head of the Law and order department in bad Hersfeldt and Bertram a floor coverings Salesman in California Are inextricably linked by this Battle. While Bertram was hobbling West on an injured leg toward the faraway safety of France the Day after being shot Down Hassenpflug and other members of the Hitler youth in bad Hersfeldt were Busy gathering american propaganda leaflets dropped by the thousands that morning. Bertram crawled into a Creek bed to hide from the youngsters. A pretty soon i saw this one Little figure come by a said Bertram in a Telephone interview. A it turned out to be  Young Hassenpflug spotted Bertram. He ran away but came Back with an older boy. A Small group of children escorted the american navigator to the local police. In 1986, when Hassenpflug was seeking information about the air Battle he recalled that incident. He wrote to a newsletter for 8th air Force veterans Walter Hassenpflug who witnessed the air Battle in 1944, stands near the memorial that will be dedicated on  Roo Jimmy which put him in touch with a Man who had recently written an article about the sept 27 Battle. The author Bertram wrote Back to Tell Hassenpflug that he was that downed airman. The Battle began when 35 b-24 liberators from a Force of 283 attacking Kassel got separated from the main group a Anco its vital fighter cover in heavy Clouds. As the bombers neared bad hers Feld they were spotted by about 150 German fighters. A we saw them and they hit us. Just like that a Bertram said. It was or image from then on. In All 30 bombers were blasted from the sky. It would have been worse had several Mustang fighters not arrived to help defend the outnumbered and cumbersome bombers. Hassenpflug has been researching the Battle since 1985. He watched As the Lead air plane of the formation came out of the Clouds and crashed in the seuling Swald Forest. He ran to the crash site. The nose Section was More than 500 Yards from the Tail Section. The bodies of four of the 12 Crew members were in the wreckage. It is on this spot that the memorial has been built. Hassenpflug a research discovered that seven airmen who parachuted from their planes were later killed by their captors. Five of the killers were later executed following postwar trials. Other prisoners received humane treatment including Bertram. A i had no problem at All a he recalled. He was questioned at a local jail where he was held with two englishmen together they dined on hot Cocoa and cake. A i had the life of Riley for a while a he said. He ended up in stalag 1 on the Baltic sea coast but even there the treatment was humane. Bertram who has visited Hassen Pflug will come to the dedication which will be attended by four former German fighter pilots involved in the Battle. The memorial came about when american veterans of the Battle Learned of Hassenpflug s research. The question crossed the Ocean several times is there interest in a memorial there was. So far about $30,000 has been donated to erect the three stones and landscape the ground. The work has been done under the auspices of the Peoples league of the German War Graves commission. Sas mop Hassenpflug is interested now in forming a German american association to maintain the memorial which is being tended by the nearby town of Fric Dlos. But More important he says he is lad to have lived to see the two enemies Ecoma friends. Tto Public it invited to the car Many in Iha Woods outside the town of Fried toe. Siljus will Mark the a rectum also anyone wanting to donate to the fund to maintain the memo vol can Send  to. Tamam Dehosse Lud it Esau act. No. 10000014, spark ate cad Haf snid Rotenburg by z 533 500 00 illegal soviet arms sales reported in Hungary Budapest Hungary apr the soviet armed forces May be leaving Hungary but some of their equipment seems destined to stay behind. There have been persistent reports from one of the capitals districts Home to a soviet base about illegal arms traffic the daily Magyar Hirlan reported tuesday. According to information received by the newspaper a heavy machine gun that can be mounted on an armoured vehicle Sells for 90,000 forints $1,500 and a machine gun can be had for Between 3,000 forints $50 and 25,000 forints $410. Bullets usually Cost one forint just Over 1 cent apiece. Precinct chief Cut. Arpad Szabadi told Magyar Hirlan a i think the stories about an illegal arms traffic Are True. The people living in the Vicinity Are not talking  the newspaper quoting police sources reported an incident four weeks ago when a red army Soldier reported having been approached by a hungarian Man and a woman speaking fluent russian. The two said they wanted to buy his ak-47 Rifle. Soviet military authorities alerted hungarian police who found out that the would be buyers were a hungarian bricklayer and a prostitute. The two were shortly detained and then released since they could not be charged with any crime the newspaper said. Szabadi also told the paper that two hungarian soldiers were apprehended recently with Duffel bags filled with automatic pistol parts that the two said they bought from soviet soldiers. According to Szabadi police were trying to find out who was involved in the alleged weapons sales and what they were to be used for. He added that police were frustrated by the lengthy procedure involved in obtaining authorization for Covert surveillance. A by the Lime we have the necessary permit the weapons May have already changed hands a he said Szabadi was quoted As saying the transactions probably take place outside the base. A today a military vehicle with soviet plates can travel throughout the country of Days on end without a policeman asking questions a he said