Training Aircrew in Luftwaffe

[Erich]

yes like on this forum.

gents no disrespect but looking at this BOY, imagine yourself at 16, having graduated from weapons and aerial training and then given an Fw 190A-8, several hours flying time and then in an operating staffel with full knowledge you might not make it after the first mission

[mosquitoman]

I don't know how they survived just the mental strain of all that, let alone any missions. I know I couldn't have done it

[Gnomey]

I don't think I good either, I would of cracked up under the strain and probably ended up shot down.

[cheddar cheese]

I would have been an ace in a day cos im amazing, but thats another story.

[Erich]

seriously even if you knew the odds by begining of 44 you would still have done your job like it or not ......... I think you guys down yourselves too easily

[Gnomey]

Originally Posted by Erich

seriously even if you knew the odds by begining of 44 you would still have done your job like it or not ......... I think you guys down yourselves too easily

That we probably do Erich, if put in a similar situation we would have done are jobs just looking back you (or I) believe that you would not of been up to the task. Under the right conditions people will act differently and many would of just done the job as they had to.

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

To be honest with you I look at some of my new soldiers and they do not look much older....