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Originally Posted by Catfish
I read in Deighton's "Fighters" that it happened several times, that some german pilots accompanied damaged british fighters home, which, as they said, "would never have been possible in Russia" (all WW2).
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This is true, and I believe it happened on both sides too, I recall hearing of an incident during the BOB when Galland came across a student learning in a Tiger Moth, rather than take the easy kill he came alongside, waggled his wings and then flew off.
It was quite a different war, the war in the west compared to the war in the east, both sides treated the other as equals and had measured respect for each other. Although, sadly, like in all wars, there were some who had no respect: