Title: 4.8K subscribers When a Bf-109 spared a stricken B-17 Source:
[None] URL Source:https://youtu.be/LpAJTURalIM?t=356 Published:Aug 2, 2019 Author:Yarnhub Post Date:2019-08-11 18:13:26 by BTP Holdings Keywords:None Views:202 Comments:3
Christmas 1943, a badly shot up B-17 struggled to stay in the air, it was the first mission for the 21-year-old pilot, half his crew lay wounded. Then the dark shadow of the feared Bf-109 pulled along side the bomber. Worse, at it’s controls was a German fighter ace looking for his next target. What happened next would later be called one of the most incredible acts of kindness between enemies. Please share or embed this story to help spread this amazing WW2 story. You can also read the full story in the book 'A Higher Call' by Adam Makos & Larry Alexander.
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They decided to keep this incident secret. You know, the "hun" is not capable of something like this.
Keeping it secret at the time, during the war, may have spared the German pilot's life, so it was a fortuitous move for him.
If you watched the entire vid you saw that the German pilot had immigrated to Canada and was living in Vancouver, not far from Seattle where the American B-17 pilot was located. They turned into fishing buddies too. Not a bad outcome. ;)
"When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one." Edmund Burke