Interesting interviews with WW2 aces.....

[SEE]

He may well have meant the La5 but I may have misunderstood the German accent. I'm sure he said it was the radial engine of the Russian plane that made him think it was a FW (from distance) and had never seen one like that before. Another Bf109 pilot recounted how a group of Russian fighters bounced their flight and he tried every trick he knew to avoid being shot down but, whatever he did, he could not shake the Russian plane off, eventually it ran out of ammo and the reason he survived and the only survivor of that encounter.

[Soviet Ace]

Yeah, he meant the La-5. When they came onto the scene, many German pilots were thrown by the radial engined planes. They got a high kill/death ratio when first put out, and many German planes were shot down.

What documentary was it?

[SEE]

It was on Sky Sat channel 'Movies For Men' and the doc was called 'Fighters of World War 2'. WW2 docs are shown regularly during the late afternoon covering all aspects of the conflict. This was a particualrly interesting one given the number of WW2 pilots who described their experiences and thoughts of the ac they flew in combat. I would imagine it was a fairly old documentary rather than recent as I doubts that many of the WW2 pilots are still with us. Some excellent comabat footage and a great training video for P38 pilots concerning landing and correct method for bailing out to avoid slamming into the rear stabiliser. The video was in the form of a cartoon; humerous but highlighting the consequences of not landing on all 3 wheels or bailing out correctly.