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When a German Bf-109 spared a stricken American B-17

submitted by eric3579

5 years 3 months 3 weeks ago

ww2
, ye olde pub

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. -yt

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Pilots Franz Stigler and Charlie Brown's first meeting

Self promoting this video and sending it back into the queue for one more try; last queued Tuesday, August 6th, 2019 8:27am PDT - promote requested by original submitter eric3579.

*quality *history lesson.

Boosting this quality contribution up in the Hot Listing - declared quality by newtboy.

Adding video to channels (History) - requested by newtboy.

If you want to learn more about what happened, I recommend the book, A Higher Call, by Adam Makos and Larry Alexander.

Thanks for this.
Very well done by all parties.

reaffirms my faith in humanity. we could use a little of that now

KrazyKat42 says...

Such a great story.

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