it's not in this clip but my heart sunk later in the episode when we see a guy falling with a torn chute. He knows what's coming but has such a long wait before he gets there
Most Luftwaffe pilots are gentlemen and professionals detesting such acts as shooting men in parachutes. One officer even threatened to shoot any of his pilots who dared such acts. I know of at least one case it did happen.
Major Richard Peterson of the 357th Fighter Group, flying P-51D Mustangs, is on escort duty into Germany. They are jumped by fighters and flak. Bombers start to fall and men bail out. To Peterson's horror, he sees a Bf-109 pilot going after, and shooting, men in their chutes. Enraged Peterson chases after the 109, deliberately aiming for disabling shots. He wanted that Luftwaffe pilot to bail. Which he did. Hanging there in his chute, like his many victims, the Luftwaffe pilot was now helpless. Peterson came back around, lined up his guns, and emptied them into this murderer. "So, that was the end of that," concluded Peterson.
"in WestPhila, Germany bloody and dazed, on the farmland is where i landed and hid for days, till a couple of guys who were up to no good, started asking questions in the neighborhood. They checked one little barn and boy i was scared and thats how i ended up as a prisoner in the Stalag."
Makes you realize when they bail out is that the easy part is surviving in the air but the hardest part is surviving on the ground on a Nazi occupied country.
Bloody ridiculous that one of them was free fall diving, when in reality, he would have just pulled the rip cord 3 seconds after leaving the aircraft as they were instructed to do
My grandfather wrote when he was shot down, it felt like forever before his parachute touched ground. He saw the bombers being shot at by FW-190s, tracers, and planes going down.
The only sound he heard was wind. My only criticism of this scene.
My dad knew a man that flew P-47s during the war. He told me he shot down an FW-190 and seeing the pilot bail out. I asked him what happened, and did he shoot the pilot. He said no. The pilot came to the position of attention and saluted him while floating down in his parachute. He said he then saluted the German pilot back and went on his way. He has nothing but respect for the German pilots
Actually Egan's plane going down was the catalyst for the 100th's disaster. Althought going down, apparently Egan didn't pass command into another plane and pulled out of the formation. Instead Egan slowed out his plane and tried a controlled descent… and since he was stil the flight leader, the rest of the bomber group automatically followed slow and down, consequently becoming an easy prey for the germans fighters. No idea if it was just an honest mistake, fog of war or what, but this screwed up his bomber group.
My grandmother was on the other end of the bombs–a German mother. She would talk about hearing the B-17s long before they hit. She also talked about a bomb hitting and the pressure of his took her brother–blew him from one house to another and smashed him against a wall. Also–from what my mom tells me–my great grandmother and great grandfather were on a Flak-88 team that tried to shoot down bombers. My grandfather was on the Russian Front.
Between 300,000–600,000 German civilians and over 200,000 Japanese civilians were killed by allied bombing during the Second World War, most as a result of raids intentionally targeted against civilians themselves. The campaigns culminated with the dropping of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
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Proper Fekking PLF
Disappointing the show really had to degrade the enemy like that. Not even accurate
life and death and you can bet your ass blokes were still like "ladies first, NO U"
That was legit free fall.
it's not in this clip but my heart sunk later in the episode when we see a guy falling with a torn chute. He knows what's coming but has such a long wait before he gets there
Most Luftwaffe pilots are gentlemen and professionals detesting such acts as shooting men in parachutes. One officer even threatened to shoot any of his pilots who dared such acts. I know of at least one case it did happen.
Major Richard Peterson of the 357th Fighter Group, flying P-51D Mustangs, is on escort duty into Germany. They are jumped by fighters and flak. Bombers start to fall and men bail out. To Peterson's horror, he sees a Bf-109 pilot going after, and shooting, men in their chutes. Enraged Peterson chases after the 109, deliberately aiming for disabling shots. He wanted that Luftwaffe pilot to bail. Which he did. Hanging there in his chute, like his many victims, the Luftwaffe pilot was now helpless. Peterson came back around, lined up his guns, and emptied them into this murderer. "So, that was the end of that," concluded Peterson.
they smashed it!
"in WestPhila, Germany bloody and dazed, on the farmland is where i landed and hid for days, till a couple of guys who were up to no good, started asking questions in the neighborhood. They checked one little barn and boy i was scared and thats how i ended up as a prisoner in the Stalag."
The scene is way too long. Trim it.
Makes you realize when they bail out is that the easy part is surviving in the air but the hardest part is surviving on the ground on a Nazi occupied country.
Austin Butler SUCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Bloody ridiculous that one of them was free fall diving, when in reality, he would have just pulled the rip cord 3 seconds after leaving the aircraft as they were instructed to do
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Love this series!!
My grandfather wrote when he was shot down, it felt like forever before his parachute touched ground. He saw the bombers being shot at by FW-190s, tracers, and planes going down.
The only sound he heard was wind. My only criticism of this scene.
My dad knew a man that flew P-47s during the war. He told me he shot down an FW-190 and seeing the pilot bail out. I asked him what happened, and did he shoot the pilot. He said no. The pilot came to the position of attention and saluted him while floating down in his parachute. He said he then saluted the German pilot back and went on his way. He has nothing but respect for the German pilots
quitters . they couldda fought it out
Masters of air Bailing hahahahahahaha some Masters
Actually Egan's plane going down was the catalyst for the 100th's disaster.
Althought going down, apparently Egan didn't pass command into another plane and pulled out of the formation. Instead Egan slowed out his plane and tried a controlled descent… and since he was stil the flight leader, the rest of the bomber group automatically followed slow and down, consequently becoming an easy prey for the germans fighters.
No idea if it was just an honest mistake, fog of war or what, but this screwed up his bomber group.
We’re not sinking! We’re Craaaaashing!
german army in the past 41-45 and ukraine army now…. Time goes by, nothing changes.
My grandmother was on the other end of the bombs–a German mother. She would talk about hearing the B-17s long before they hit. She also talked about a bomb hitting and the pressure of his took her brother–blew him from one house to another and smashed him against a wall. Also–from what my mom tells me–my great grandmother and great grandfather were on a Flak-88 team that tried to shoot down bombers. My grandfather was on the Russian Front.
MOre than a minute and a half to evacuate – way way way too long.
Between 300,000–600,000 German civilians and over 200,000 Japanese civilians were killed by allied bombing during the Second World War, most as a result of raids intentionally targeted against civilians themselves. The campaigns culminated with the dropping of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
" you go !"
Me …….. " ok cya "
Never Happened !
America Looking for an Escape Goat for Your Own Cowardly Conduct….. Unless That was One of Your Own Fighter's Shooting at One of Your Own Aviator's…..Which Shouldn't be Such a Surprise considering The Historical True Fact's