And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
As I understand it he was quite the individual. He lost his leg in a training accident prior to the WWII and was dismissed from the RAF. Once the war began, he trained and worked to get back into the seat of his aircraft. He became a squadron leader, but ended up as a POW. He has quite the story and his men loved him.
Adolph Galland tells about Bader's capture and his short time as a guest at Galland's command. Galland knew that Bader hated Germans, but treated him cordially anyway.
when captured the germans let him sit in an FW-90, they posed with him, one of the germans had his hand lowered down the fuselage well below the cockpit edge and Bader’s eyeline, holding a drawn pistol. it was DB, …just in case.
That story isn't getting any younger or any more factually correct. Fokkers in WW2? Not on this planet. Bader lost his legs when he crashed while showing off. From what I've read, his undoubted ability in the air was like Guy Gibson's - at the expense of his interpersonal skills.
Toxic masculinity saved the world.
ReplyDeleteTrue, but being foul mouth around women is a no go.
DeleteAs I understand it he was quite the individual. He lost his leg in a training accident prior to the WWII and was dismissed from the RAF. Once the war began, he trained and worked to get back into the seat of his aircraft. He became a squadron leader, but ended up as a POW. He has quite the story and his men loved him.
ReplyDeleteAdolph Galland tells about Bader's capture and his short time as a guest at Galland's command. Galland knew that Bader hated Germans, but treated him cordially anyway.
Deletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LgYtZ0yLCM
ReplyDeleteHe lost BOTH legs; one above the knee and one below the knee. He bailed and was clipped by the horizontal stabilizer. Read his bio in ninth grade '66.
ReplyDeletewhen captured the germans let him sit in an FW-90, they posed with him, one of the germans had his hand lowered down the fuselage well below the cockpit edge and Bader’s eyeline, holding a drawn pistol. it was DB, …just in case.
DeleteThat story isn't getting any younger or any more factually correct. Fokkers in WW2? Not on this planet. Bader lost his legs when he crashed while showing off. From what I've read, his undoubted ability in the air was like Guy Gibson's - at the expense of his interpersonal skills.
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