I don't think either of my grandfathers felt much when they were dogfighting, only probably the fact that they wanted to get home again?? I know for sure that my grandfather who flew against the Japanese, seemed to have no remorse for those he shot down. (His brother was killed when the Japanese attacked the Philippine Islands.) I think my grandfather who flew for Mussolini felt sadness, but he never really mentioned it or said anything in his stories about feeling bad, he just felt the need to get back alive like any other pilot I guess?
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