Just a quick review as I poured through “I flew for the Furer”.
It was worth the $5 already.
This guy went through more 109’s, it almost was comical if it wasn’t real. He had to have more jumps than a certified skydiver instructor.
The horror, and gore he saw, and still went up sometimes moments later was horrid.
And when you hear him describe the 50-1 odds late in the war, it left you routing for the Germans in a sad pitiful way.
Personally, I’d refrain from “gangbang” whines in AH. His response in real life was one of eager anticipation to shoot them all down. Hell, he even went up with unserviceable planes, and tried not to pull G’s as it would fall apart.
This whole pretence of needing a 1V1 in equal planes and if that specific gameplay criteria is not met is a somehow a showstopper seems ridiculous. In Ah you can gain a small personal victory vs. the odds, in the real deal, you just stopped what you could and then were cut to pieces by 50 cals and burned to death.
I’m finding great merit in reading what really happened and thinking that attitude might want to be practiced online.
