When I first came to Germanyicon, I did a few famil flights to gain my German pilot´s license and so flew with German flight instructors in any number of small West German airfields. Over and over again I heard stories about how they had shot down Spitfires, were in mini submarines, the Ardennes etc. etc. And they were all younger than me (I was eight when the war ended). In Italyicon, it was stories of guerilla bravery. And they were even younger! The genuine article hardly ever talks.