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Hunters Of The Sky
Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2014 7:37 am
by Dickie
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
Re: Hunters Of The Sky
Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2014 10:31 am
by vonLazan
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.
Re: Hunters Of The Sky
Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2014 2:05 pm
by Vranac
Yes a great one. Pilots stories combined with appropriate fotage.
Top notch!
Re: Hunters Of The Sky
Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2014 4:26 pm
by Toxic
Loved it! thanks for this post!
Re: Hunters Of The Sky
Posted: Tue Aug 12, 2014 4:27 pm
by Hindsight
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.
Re: Hunters Of The Sky
Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2014 7:07 am
by Reinhart
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...
Re: Hunters Of The Sky
Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2014 7:11 pm
by Dickie
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
Re: Hunters Of The Sky
Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2014 6:10 am
by Reinhart
Yep he is, he's definitely in the "Defending the Realm" episode
Re: Hunters Of The Sky
Posted: Sat Aug 23, 2014 1:22 pm
by Dickie
OK so he's talking about the defence of the Reich then. Straights of Messina covers a concentrated 6 weeks of his career
Re: Hunters Of The Sky
Posted: Sat Aug 23, 2014 7:48 pm
by Tyrone
im on chapter 9 at the moment great footage makes u want to put cod on