Real World BoB Hurricane Pilot's views on SOW

[winny]

Originally Posted by swiss

Look, the last thing I want is to degrade/belittle them.

But: If you asked me about things that happened 20years ago, most of it is blurry - and black and white.
I could'nt tell for sure.
20years.

Or eyewitnesses in a criminal case, they cannot remember all details, they may think they remember, but their mind is just playing a trick on them.

That's how our brain is built, can't change this fact.

I also had a close relative who served in the 8th army as tank driver, I sure enjoyed listening to all that stories - but from a objective point of view....you can't tell if it's all true, somethings could be made up by the brain, unintentionally.

Edit:
We have a guy here in the form who interviews Russian veteran pilots.
I you read the interviews, you find several corrections by the interviewer - some facts were just plain wrong in the memories of the vets.
Do you think they "lied" intentionally"?

This isn't a story it's a tactical fact. If anyone knows what would get you killed it's a guy who watched people getting killed doing it.

EDIT: One thing nobody's mentioned is the fact that you can't get killed in SoW, by burning to death or being shot in the head, or boiled alive by glycol this discussion is completley disregarding the fact that there has to be a person involved the way the vet did it...