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Old 7th October 2011, 15:44
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Re: Shooting pilots in their parachutes

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Originally Posted by chuckschmitz View Post
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
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.

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