Surprising quality gun camera footage from japanese theatre.

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Originally Posted by Triggaaar

Well now you're being silly. If a German pilot has bailed over France in BoB, he is going to get back in a plane and try to kill your side. That is not the same as a POW, not even close. And children... well that's silly.

I respect that your opinion is different to ours, but you're suggesting we're mad, irrational or just naive about war - yet as quoted a couple of pages ago, Dowding also thought that those bailing over friendly territory were a reasonable target. Or do you think he was a clueless idiot who knew nothing about war?

What if the POW escaped? or the child grew up to be a fighter pilot? It's still deciding to kill someone based on speculation.

I being deliberatly provocative to make you think about it from a different perspective. Where did I suggest that you were mad, irrational and naive?

I mentioned Churchill overuling RAF commanders earler in the thread so no I don't think Dowding was an idiot, just that I disagree with what he thought. And I don't have a problem disagreing with anyone and I'm not here to 'convert' anyone.

So what if we disagree? What's your problem with that?
you trying to win something here?