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Old 7th October 2011, 15:19
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Re: Shooting pilots in their parachutes

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Originally Posted by kb View Post
http://www.spitfireperformance.com/m...-24april44.jpg

Henry Brown's claim paperwork 24 April 1944

http://www.spitfireperformance.com/m...-29april44.jpg

Henry Brown's claim 29 April 1944

Obviously he didn't feel he should hide that he was trying to shoot pilots.
My father had a 'dutch uncle' conversation with Henry discussing the fine line between 'rightous killing' and 'not so rightous killing'. The distinction in his mind was leaving the airplane..Henry developed an art form of sliding off to one side at close range and blasting the cockpit trying to kill the pilot... sometimes the film showed he was still shooting as the pilot separated.

My father did point out that there were a lot more 8th AF crews bailing out over Germany than German fighter pilots.
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