Shooting pilots in their parachutes

[Kryten]

Originally Posted by ValorStudios

Thanks for the information guys however I may have phrased my original question improperly which led this discussion slightly off topic. Here's a more blunt version:

"Has anyone ever come across an account of an Allied or Luftwaffe pilot being shot in his parachute during the Desert Air War?"

I realize that this topic has been covered before, and inevitably causes intense discussions, however in going through the old posts I have yet to find a reference of a pilot being shot in his parachute during the Desert Air War (hence the question).

Thanks!
Bryan

not the desert per se but related, there are several reports of 109 pilots collapsing chutes with thier slipstream during the malta siege, one instance apparently a 109 collapsed the chute of his own countryman!
there is also a report of a RAF pilot strafing a dingy in rsponse to such antics!
also several italian and german pilots who bailed out were lynched by Maltese citizens upon landing!