Posted on 07/22/2017 7:00:32 AM PDT by Trump20162020
A German Second World War pilot has made his maiden voyage in a Spitfire seven decades after he flew for the Luftwaffe.
Hugo Broch, 95, who last flew in 1960, took to the skies above Kent on Tuesday as a passenger in a British TR9 MJ627 Spitfire.
Born on January 6 1922, Broch is a former Messerschmitt 109 fighter pilot and Luftwaffe ace.
During his career, Broch flew 324 combat missions and shot down 81 enemy aircraft on the Eastern Front, including 18 Soviet Sturmoviks. His score included twelve double victories and three triple victories.
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The Germans never considered Soviet pilots their equals like they did the RAF and later, to some extent, the Americans.
Since he was on the eastern front at least my dad never took a shot at him (waist gunner B-17).
I think all those guys say they were on the eastern front to avoid hard feelings.
Hans Ulrich-Rudel had 9 aerial victories in the flying tank: a Stuka. He also flew Focke Wulf but loved the Stuka, 800 tanks destroyed.
May the Lord bless and keep her, FRiend :)
I’d probably do the same, to be honest.
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