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Originally Posted by chuckschmitz
Perhaps the question that needs to be asked at this time is what did the Geneva Conventions(of that time period) say, if anything, about shooting "distressed airmen?" I beleive the current conventions say that you can not shoot an airmen bailing out of an aircraft. Paratroopers are fair game.
Chuck
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There was nothing in the conventions on this question at the time. You are right regarding the 1949 Convention. But as I said before, I can not see that as a logical step.
All the best
Andreas