Interview with WWII reconaissance pilot

[swiss]

Originally Posted by KG26_Alpha

Ouch

"So I took off… I’m afraid to remember this till these days. I was drunk.
Germans were walking in crowds. A crowd. Trucks, tanks, horse drawn carts, people and so on.
There was no way I could refuse myself a pleasure to strafe them, especially since I was under effect of alcohol…
When I came back, all technicians came to take a look at my plane,
I brought tree branches, blood, pieces of clothes in my radiator intake."

Oleg !!!!!

Can we have.....................................

You forgot something to quote:

Get a pair of planes in the air to find retreating enemy!

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was on 9 May. Some missions were flown on 10 May. There were no German fighters in the air, and AAA fired rarely. War was completely over on 11 May.

disgusting.



also:

Crew commander was wounded by my shells, and soldiers on the ground beaten them up pretty good...

[Avimimus]

Yes, it is always the problem with looking too closely at any history.

We see what it is.

History is almost never justified. But we can find truth in it.

[Avimimus]

Oh, as usual - Bravo on the accuracy, the variety of questions and the depth to the history.
This work is a tremendous service.

The only thing that I could think of is to extend it to the Great Domestic War - to gather a few stories from factory workers, farmers - people who survived and kept the infrastructure going. I'm sure it would be fascinating for some of us a half-century later.

[Hunden]

Originally Posted by swiss

You forgot something to quote:


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disgusting.



also:

Yea so? would you rather he wave and say better luck next time.........

[swiss]

Originally Posted by Hunden

Yea so? would you rather he wave and say better luck next time.........

Don't know about you, but I would never shoot someone in the back(aka retreating).
This is not an act war but pure murder - without the intention to capture them.

[Hunden]

Originally Posted by swiss

Don't know about you, but I would never shoot someone in the back(aka retreating).
This is not an act war but pure murder - without the intention to capture them.

The result is the same I think, murder or war your dead either way. Dont start them.

[Romanator21]

Don't know about you, but I would never shoot someone in the back(aka retreating).
This is not an act war but pure murder - without the intention to capture them.

Uhhh... no. Retreat does not exempt you as a target in war. You shoot them in the back any chance you get, or they'll do the same to you. War is war.

[robtek]

The first thing lost in a war is humanity!
It' all about winning not petty feelings.
I don't like it, but thats the way it is.

[Flanker35M]

S!

Be quiet! We know who won the war and killing Germans(soldiers and civilians alike, no discrimination) was justified because they were the root of all evil. Europe was liberated from fascist regime and came under protection of the communist wonder. What are you complain of?

[swiss]

Originally Posted by Romanator21

Uhhh... no. Retreat does not exempt you as a target in war. You shoot them in the back any chance you get, or they'll do the same to you. War is war.

If they were just falling back to recollect - ok.

But it's may '45: they were already defeated, no danger coming from them, just running to surrender to the Americans rather than to the Red Army.

From your point of view mass executions of POWs are ok too - I mean, they potentially could hold a gun, right?