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- On March 7, 1969, East German Air Force JG-1 pilot Hauptmann Gerhard Scharnetzki flew from Cottbus to Rønne Airport on Bornholm Island in a Yak-18A trainer plane numbered 11.
- On April 1, 1971, West German Army Aviation cadet-pilot Corporal Hans-Dieter Reinkensmeier defected in a small Cessna-172 to East Germany and asked for political asylum.
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