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Originally Posted by pupo162
i tought it was strange too, but according to end credits, multiple german fighters were shot down in ireland.
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They mentioned: "From 1940 to 1945 some 240 Allied and German servicemen were interned in Ireland under the Laws of Neutrality."
Servicemen means every Military Branch.
They say mention Kriegsmarine and Luftwaffe aircrew in this link:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-13924720
All in all there were interned in Ireland:
- 140 Germans, mainly Luftwaffe and U-boat crew (including Survivors of the Kriegsmarine Destroyer Z27, Torpedoboats T25 and T26 which have been sunk Dec 28th 1943 after Combat against RN Cruisers HMS Glasgow and HMS Enterprise(Operation Stonewall) in the Bay of Biscay and rescued by Irish Merchant Ship)
There is no further Information about the Luftwaffe Personnel, but i highly assume that it was Personel from Recce Planes because the Sea around Ireland was a scene of heavy Convoy Battles during the Battle of the Atlantic and frequently flown over by Recce Planes like the FW-200
- 100 Allied servicemen from Poland, Canada, New Zealand, Britain and sole American Bud Wolfe.
- 400 IRA internees