Probably 8/9 years ago I met with a very interesting, elderly German ex Fighter pilot from WW2 while walking in the Austrian Alps.
He had a small mountain hut with dynamo powered electricity (from stream nearby) and was pretty much self sufficient. He alternated his time between his hut and his wife in Muncih!
After helping him locate some pipes on the hillside, I had a a very long evening drinking schnapps in the Alps with him. As i remember it, he had stopped flying after the war and become an Engineer at the Airport in Munich.
Fascinating guy with some amazing stories......