Is it possible to land at enemy base in emergency?

I tried landing at enemy bases to see if it could be done in an emergency.

HAHAHAHA So much for the hospitality. Now to the gulag you go.

Really, German Nazis were known to shoot down parachuters. So there's that.

HAHAHAHA So much for the hospitality. Now to the gulag you go.

 

Really, German Nazis were known to shoot down parachuters. So there's that.

bloody cowards

HAHAHAHA So much for the hospitality. Now to the gulag you go.

 

Really, German Nazis were known to shoot down parachuters. So there's that.

Maybe late in the war, they did, but over-all, in general, the German pilots treated the opposition as fellow "aerial knights". Pilots were treated with respect. Generally. Overall. Not invariably, but normally.

And the ground officers were much the same. Pilots were, generally, treated with respect, not to mention better, than other, ground-pounder prisoners. And prisoners overall were generally treated well. Given good food, water, medical treatment, and so on.

If their Judaism, if applicable, wasn't brought out. If you were identified as Jewish, all bets were off. Blacks were usually treated much as Jews were. Less-than-human, animalistic, one step, and a low one at that, above gorillas.

The SS was an entirely different animal. Their sole purpose in life was to kill the enemy, prisoner or not, Jewish or not.

Now, the Japanese were an entirely different story. Parachutes were for target practice, in their minds. If a pilot survived that, he'd better do his best to avoid capture. Ground troops, especially, were of the firm opinion that if you allowed yourself to be captured, you had disgraced yourself, and should be treated accordingly. Starved, beaten, a nice test of your sword, or bayonet's, sharpness, and so on. To them, if you didn't fight to the death before you were captured, you were a disgraced, less than human figure, open to ridicule and abuse...

Not very nice sorts, at all.

Have fun, all!

Pat☺

Maybe late in the war, they did, but over-all, in general, the German pilots treated the opposition as fellow "aerial knights". Pilots were treated with respect. Generally. Overall. Not invariably, but normally.

 

And the ground officers were much the same. Pilots were, generally, treated with respect, not to mention better, than other, ground-pounder prisoners. And prisoners overall were generally treated well. Given good food, water, medical treatment, and so on.

If their Judaism, if applicable, wasn't brought out. If you were identified as Jewish, all bets were off. Blacks were usually treated much as Jews were. Less-than-human, animalistic, one step, and a low one at that, above gorillas.

The SS was an entirely different animal. Their sole purpose in life was to kill the enemy, prisoner or not, Jewish or not.

 

Now, the Japanese were an entirely different story. Parachutes were for target practice, in their minds. If a pilot survived that, he'd better do his best to avoid capture. Ground troops, especially, were of the firm opinion that if you allowed yourself to be captured, you had disgraced yourself, and should be treated accordingly. Starved, beaten, a nice test of your sword, or bayonet's, sharpness, and so on. To them, if you didn't fight to the death before you were captured, you were a disgraced, less than human figure, open to ridicule and abuse...

Not very nice sorts, at all.

 

Have fun, all!

Pat☺

adolf galland seem liked he respected the enemy

adolf galland seem liked he respected the enemy

I grant, the attitude of "fellow aerial knights" is a carry-over from WWI times, and from the German habit of making old-family men leaders. They treated other pilots as other knights (old-family types were often Nobility, thus, a history of knighthood) they were "jousting" with. They were just in the air now, not on a horse.

I think they believed the British, and American pilots were also old-family knight types. The British, quite possibly, as the British had a longstanding history of money=Nobility=Knights=Officers. Most Europeans did.

It took them a while to realize that the Americans were much more...democratic? Anyway, pilots were chosen due to their skill and hard-work, not their money or family's name. At least not at all to the same extent as the Europeans.

Have fun, all!

Pat☺