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re: 8th Air Force Twin Raids on Regensburg and Schweinfurt 8/17/43
Posted on 8/17/17 at 2:57 pm to WhiskeyPapa
Posted on 8/17/17 at 2:57 pm to WhiskeyPapa
Hans Phillip, commander of JG1, 206 victories (177 in the east):
To fight against twenty Russians that want to have a bite of one, or also against Spitfires, is a joy. And one doesn't know that life is not certain. But the curve into seventy Fortresses lets all the sins of one's life pass before one's eyes. And when one has convinced oneself, it is still more painful to force it to every pilot in the wing, down to the last young newcomer.
To fight against twenty Russians that want to have a bite of one, or also against Spitfires, is a joy. And one doesn't know that life is not certain. But the curve into seventy Fortresses lets all the sins of one's life pass before one's eyes. And when one has convinced oneself, it is still more painful to force it to every pilot in the wing, down to the last young newcomer.
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Posted on 8/17/17 at 3:08 pm to FightinTigersDammit
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Hans Phillip, commander of JG1, 206 victories (177 in the east): To fight against twenty Russians that want to have a bite of one, or also against Spitfires, is a joy. And one doesn't know that life is not certain. But the curve into seventy Fortresses lets all the sins of one's life pass before one's eyes. And when one has convinced oneself, it is still more painful to force it to every pilot in the wing, down to the last young newcomer.
Great stuff.
A Luftwaffe pilot said that trying to attack a B-17 group from behind was like trying to frick a porcupine that was on fire.
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