I have to wonder what would have happened if another Germanfighter had come in to finish the bomber off while the first fighter was there? Would the first fighter have done something to stop the second fighter or let it happen? we will never know but I for one would like to believe the first fighter would have found a way to hold the second fighter back and keep him from finishing off the American crew. Some Germans were "NOT" a Nazi and paid for it with thier lives, there were good ones.
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