Stuka pilot interview 48 ; Shot down and captured in the desert

[mmichaeldonavon]

A wonderful and interesting story! Was extremely impressed with his command of the English language; beautiful grammar! Spent four years in Wiesbaden, Germany; lovely country; lovely people. The Stuka, BF-109, ME-109, and the Fiesler Storch 156 are some of my favorite aircraft. Listening to a Stuka pilot re-living his momentous flight, was impressive. If my wife could travel better, I'd return - Garmisch for sure! :-) Thanks, N-6395T

[kost633]

А мой дед...в танке сгорел. Так вот. Но и он не полетел бы, если не война.

[kost633]

Жив курилка, если вовремя не дали прикурить в небе. Молодец фриц!

[88Phobos]

Not allpilots died... GOOD for him not captured by "unnamed" U.S normandydivisions OR russians ; death from those KIA. Weird how i see comments like "with no hate a story" i get picture like all ww2time germans are thinked as some devils and axisside overall, someones have brainwashed you well.

May teh hate and washing be with you luke!

[heliosium]

A story without any hate. Just to fight for his country, not making it personal.

[extere]

@heliosium sure. we wish marines from iraq could do that too.

[the82spartans]

Excellent. Thank you. Better there than eastern front at this point.

[woodenmajor]

a great clip ,ty...this guy was lucky to be captured by the english ,otherwise he would have been kept in action until he was eventually KIA.

[Poopingbotham]

Very good. He doesn't say much about his gunner in these interviews, hasn't actually mentioned his name so far

[elvee88]

Fascinating to see how these veterans usually have utmost respect for the soldiers who they were trying to kill....

[Weibkoln]

@elvee88 Yeah but it are no murderrers, a murderer 'wants' to kill someone, these men were "forced" by others to kill someone, in order to stay allive!!!

So those bombs they had to trow, was for self-defence...

The most soldiers fighting in Germany have the same reason,

these people defended their citizens, they defended the people who could not carry a weapon.

Some people cant believe this, but it is the trueth.

They were not all monsters that want to gas innocent people!!!

Trust me!!!

[TheSunmanho]

@Weibkoln

you are a dirty whore. you do not respect your German people's hero. He did not kill "innocent people" he killed British and US-American enemies of his people. Have you no sense of patriotism, no honor?

[Weibkoln]

@TheSunmanho Sweetheart, did you evin read my reply???

A excuse is welcome,

I said that he would not be a killer if there would NOT have been a ww2...

And that it is a polite man with his heart at a good place...

[Weibkoln]

@TheSunmanho And patriotism is no honor, patriotism means that you will do everything your nation wants,

and Im not a person that does everything that my country or nation wants me to do,

because Im not gonna shoot people for 10+/- years long inside their own country,

and Im also not gonna kill people when they look like something,

and I also dont kill people with somesort of religion.

If a patriot his country wants him to do that, he just does it with a smile..

And I DO NOT!!!

...

[TheSunmanho]

@Weibkoln

well you got a point here.

[Weibkoln]

@elvee88 If there was not a ww2, this man would have lived like a normal human beeing,

without the awefull knowledge, that he once was trowing bombs on others!!!

This is no monster, but a polite man, with a good heart!!!

And if he could bring back all the dead people foe & enemy,

he absolutely would have brought them all back to life!!!

[StyrbjornStarke]

What a fascinating story, what a life he has lived

[peri2502]

What game are the graphics from if I may ask? Looks like a game I would like to play.

[slayersthashit]

@peri2502 looks like IL2

[biltongbru]

@peri2502  sory for late reply!

Game is IL-2 1946

[peri2502]

@biltongbru ah thank you :)

[heimatschutz]

Hauptmann Migeods militärische Erinnerungen sind in Deutschland unter dem Titel "Der Kommandeur" erschienen. Das Buch kostet nur 7,99 € und kann u.a. hier amazon.de/Kommandeur-Heinz-Geo­rg-Wilhelm-Migeod/dp/383911091­2 bestellt werden!

[nvrsummer2]

So whatever happened to his gunner?

[biltongbru]

@nvrsummer2 He was eventually also captured but sent to a non-officer's POW camp.

[JUNKERS488]

Thanks for posting. Great stuff.

[Racefreak1976]

I love these videos. I wish they were in german though. ;)

[Rabbyrob69]

That's some memory Herr Migeod has! Some superb recollection & told with some humour that clearly keeps the thoughts alive. Very clear.