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Old 10th Sep 2008, 18:42
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BEagle
 
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...thought I might give an account of what the Jerries went through...
"Ach, Himmel! Ve to sheiß shot being vere!"

Actually, back in 1968-9 when Battle of Britain was being made, the ex-BoB Luftwaffe pilots said that the portrayal of their fighter pilots in northern France was 100% accurate. So, watch the movie again carefully and you'll get a good idea.

Regrettably, when gentlemen like Bob Stanford-Tuck were prepared to discuss the past with honesty, Bader was still insulting the Germans with his unpleasantness some 28 years after the Battle. But the pugnacious manner he showed during the Battle was appropriate and necessary at the time - he just never seemed to realise that the war was over.

A colleague of mine some years ago had a father who'd been 'in the bag' with Bader. One day on parade, Bader thought it would be ever-so-funny to lob a snowball at the elderly, correct Commandant who presided over the camp. So the latter merely kept them all on parade for another 2 hours. Bader's little jape was hardly appreciated amongst his fellow prisoners, as one might imagine.....
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