Hunters Of The Sky
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Hunters Of The Sky
Courtesy Reinhart, here's a playlist
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlNkrKD ... udh_pFLz07
This is a fascinating series of interviews of WW2 pilots telling their stories. It really is a must watch for the likes of us, hence the sticky.
EDIT: Luftasher added to YT too
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=P ... QlRuTbiQ9E
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlNkrKD ... udh_pFLz07
This is a fascinating series of interviews of WW2 pilots telling their stories. It really is a must watch for the likes of us, hence the sticky.
EDIT: Luftasher added to YT too
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=P ... QlRuTbiQ9E
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Adolf Galland sounds like a very down to Earth kind of guy. He always talks plainly, to the point, unafraid to voice an unpopular opinion. Would have been great to sit down and have a beer with him.
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Yes a great one. Pilots stories combined with appropriate fotage.
Top notch!
Top notch!
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Loved it! thanks for this post!
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I just started watching this series and man, that story related at the end of the first episode by George Chandler really got me. The situation he got himself into really brings the reality of war home to me and especially that many of these pilots were just cocky kids and in an instant, he was dealt one of the harshest life lessons imaginable that obviously haunted him for the rest of his life. Great stuff but sobering as well.
A little bit of smart is much more effective than a lot of stupid
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I'm just noticing at 22:20 (roughly) those 2 planes colliding and crashing into the ground. That to me, and airplane crashes in general, is the hardest thing for me to watch. Watching an aircraft smashing into the ground and exploding is a very haunting sight for me...
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Remind me, is Macky Steinhoff in this? I think so, only I am reading 'Straights of Messina' right now and keen to hear his account beyond the edited book
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Yep he is, he's definitely in the "Defending the Realm" episode
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OK so he's talking about the defence of the Reich then. Straights of Messina covers a concentrated 6 weeks of his career
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im on chapter 9 at the moment great footage makes u want to put cod on