A Memorial Day Story From WWII
05-24-2009, 12:34 PM
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A Memorial Day Story From WWII
From Seattle Times:
It's hard to say which part of Joe Moser's story is most amazing:
Is it the fact that he bailed out of a flaming fighter plane over France in World War II and survived not only being shot down by Germans, but living 60 days in Buchenwald, a brutal Nazi concentration camp?
Or is it that he was spared from certain death by, of all people, officers of the German Luftwaffe, his sworn enemies?
Books | WWII fighter pilot tells story of heart-racing capture and unlikely rescue | Seattle Times Newspaper
It's hard to say which part of Joe Moser's story is most amazing:
Is it the fact that he bailed out of a flaming fighter plane over France in World War II and survived not only being shot down by Germans, but living 60 days in Buchenwald, a brutal Nazi concentration camp?
Or is it that he was spared from certain death by, of all people, officers of the German Luftwaffe, his sworn enemies?
Books | WWII fighter pilot tells story of heart-racing capture and unlikely rescue | Seattle Times Newspaper
05-24-2009, 01:20 PM
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I'm not sure what happened here (guess I'll have to buy the book, huh? 
). Normally a pilot would be immediately turned over to the Luftwaffe, assuming he wasn't murdered by vengeful townfolk before an officer arrived. There may have been a short-lived new policy (kill the terrorfliegers!), or - more likely - a mid-level SS guy overstepped his authority and was eventually brought up short. Wonder if Moser got a tatoo? He's truly lucky to be alive. Thanks ...
). Normally a pilot would be immediately turned over to the Luftwaffe, assuming he wasn't murdered by vengeful townfolk before an officer arrived. There may have been a short-lived new policy (kill the terrorfliegers!), or - more likely - a mid-level SS guy overstepped his authority and was eventually brought up short. Wonder if Moser got a tatoo? He's truly lucky to be alive. Thanks ...
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