Best answer ever, considering those fleeting circumstances. Cool heads prevail Gen. Yeager.
Q fr @losmandris How long did it take to hit the ground? A: I didn't count. I was busy resisting opening my chute until the last moment so as not to be an easy target to be shot by FW-190's, & figuring out the best place to aim to land myself safely.
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Just wanted to say thank you sir for your service and sacrifice for our country. I regard your generation as truly the “Greatest Generation”. All of us who enjoy the freedoms of this nation owe you and every veteran a debt we can never repay.
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In reversed circumstances would you or your colleagues shoot at a downed pilot under parachute?
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Americans did not do it— at least i haven’t read any reports. whereas the Germans did it quite often
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What is the minimum altitude to safely deploy a chute in 1944?
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Do you think they would have?
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it was quite common for them to do so
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