war storys from gramps

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Originally Posted by JWkegger

agreed, my gramps told me when they saw a plane going down they always hoped to see a parachute meaning the pilot was able to get out safely, no matter what side he was on,

when he got his first kill in a fighter, i beleve it was in a p-51, i remember he said how disapointed he was that the pilot never was able to bail out. he said it suprised him how much it affected him. said he had dreams about watching the smoking one winged plane plumeting all the was down to earth ending in a fireball. not only did these brave men risk their lives in combat but were plagued the rest of their lives by the memories of the horrors they had committed and witnessed.

Yeah, I think the sensation of a dogfight is birds vs. bird; not human vs. human. That may be what they felt.