Really interesting to hear his answers! It's always special when one is talking first hand with the men who where really there!
I once met an old pilot at a late night barbecue at an airfield that flew in the Finnish winter war, we had a bunch of beer together and one of the interesting parts of that discussion I remember was when he told me they used bear fat to smear in a thick layer in the face as it got so cold in the open seat cockpits of the old biplanes he flew (I think he flew Bristol Harts and later some captured Russian planes in the continuation war). As they never knew when the alarm would go off and it took rather long to smear bear fat all over the face they slept with it. They had it for a couple of days but when they got to much lice in the fat they had to take it away and smear a new layer
Another time I flew with an old 109 pilot in his own plane as his certificate had been withdrawn for a weak heart (was in the late 1980:ies). He still wanted to fly so I went with him in his Grob as my certificate was valid
He flew all the time but left the landing to me... Later (by a fire with a beer too actually, common at Swedish air fields late summer nights after a day of flying) he told me he never liked landings any way after flying the Me109 during the war
He flew late war 109 G:s from 1944 and said half of the pilots at his unit (late war rushed out recruits) where killed in the landings and he was scared to death at every landing.
When I asked him if he shot down any enemies he laughed - "When we where in battle it was all chaos with planes everywhere and I just tried to stay away from the enemies - I fired my guns a couple of times at enemies but I don't think a single bullet hit the target".