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Re: Luftwaffe Myths
Hello Art:
Thats some great information, and pretty much corroborates much of what I have heard from veteran fighter pilots (American, German and Japanese) with whom I have had the good fortune to speak. I think at times it is easy to forget what you guys had to go through in actual combat. It is one thing to become an "ace" using the latest wiz-bang microsoft simulator, but the real thing is quite a bit different. The massive "G" fluctuations, the attention to remaining within allowed aircraft design performance, the maintaining co-ordination of rudder, aileron and elevator in what must be a terrifying and brutal circumstance, simply cannot be replicated in a desk top computer program. Oh, and did I mention, all the while you had to be careful that some other enemy aircraft did not sneak up and shoot you. Is it any wonder that a "kill" cofirmation had to, by force, take a back seat to survival?
My admiration and respect for you fellows is indescribable. Thank you for your service, sir. I doubt we will see a generation of men such as yours again.
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