Ethics of pilots fighting for the sides in WWII

[Theshark888]

Originally Posted by Wutz

No I was not mad just a bit irritated, but seems you have a simular background!

Yes we do Wutz! I was lucky enough (or unlucky) to get the war stories from both side of the War.

I also had an Uncle captured by the Soviets in winter of 1941 and only able to come back home to Austria in 1955. Another was stationed in Yugoslavia for most of the war fighting partisans...lots of gruesome stories from him! Another Uncle was 15 years old and fighting near Vienna, when the officer of his company gave him his horse to escape the Russians because he was the youngest and to have someone to survive and remember them. Also have a story about one of my Aunt's who was outside yelling and trying to throw rocks at Allied fighter-bombers attacking their train station. Had an Uncle driving LCM's in the Pacific and another on destroyers fighting against U-Boats.

With this background I always had an interest in History and World War 2. Not to pass judgement or to have some kind of burning hatred, but a true interest in the battles, weapons, etc. It's impossible to try to pass judgement on people and things that happened 20 years ago, let alone 70 years ago. Each country has its own ideas about what really happened in WW2 and the following generations also have their own views. You can see that from the different reactions on this Board and how people try to stick up or villify other countries actions from 70 years ago!