Ethics of pilots fighting for the sides in WWII

[Auger73]

Originally Posted by Flying Pencil

No.

While the statement is technically true, it misses the entire scope, and that is what is wrong.
Basically, not all German pilots fired weapons, and not many of those where hard core Nazi, it was a mission they where ordered to do, like it or not.
You also need to consider other regimes that ordered their pilots to basically kill innocent civilians, even though they did want to.
I am not defending Nazis.

I could go on, but other have points as well.

I agree with you.

My grandfather (while not a combat pilot or Nazi) was a weapons inspector for the Luftwaffe. He did take planes up when there were reports of weapon malfunctions, to see if it really was just the product of fear in combat. After a few months in a Russian prisoner of war camp, he was released and later worked under NATO.

My dad, who was a kid during WWII in Germany, told me about a group of British fighters coming in at dawn on a Sunday morning and strafing a bunch of people in a cemetery attending a funeral.

I'll fly whatever aircraft I am interested in to fly, because this is a simulation, and not reality. When I play, I focus on situational awareness, and the mission at hand, not ideologies.

I want to have fun in a game, and not think about the many millions of people who lost their lives during WWII. If I want a more somber experience, I would visit a war memorial, or even a museum. The WWII memorial in Washington DC is quite remarkable.