Ethics of pilots fighting for the sides in WWII

[WTE_Galway]

Originally Posted by JG52Driver

Another thing about JG 53: Goring ordered Stab/JG 53 to remove the Pik As from their planes because he heard a rumor that the commander of the flight's wife was Jewish. Stab/JG 53 responded by also removing the hakenkreuz from their aircraft. Their protest worked, and they got to put the Pik As back on their aircraft.

Yep here is a photo of one - (no hakenkreuz but there seems to be a painted over section where one previously existed):




Shame all these captured 109's were melted down for the metal ... but I suppose there was a war on.