Tyler Durden napsal:
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Připomínám, že nikdy nebyl trestně stíhán a strana ketré byl členem nebyla zakázána protože byla v Neměcku legální. Tehdá se tomu říkalo svoboda.
Jeho přesvědčení nesoudím, ale je mi milejší pevný nacista, než korouhvička ve větru se točící.

Next morning I was taken to the airfield and shown an He 111 bomber. The bomb-bays were crammed with bread and ammunition and the wings full of fuel for the vehicles in the Pocket. The airfield was a simple meadow without a runway. Because of the unevenness of the terrain and the gross overloading the undercarriage collapsed shortly before take-off and the aircraft slid hundreds of metres on its belly. By some miracle it did not burst into flames: the three-man crew and I were unhurt. So, back to the flight office for the next attempt. There I met a Luftwaffe officer I knew. He said: ‘You’re crazy, flying into the Pocket! I’ve got a courier flight to Berlin. Come with me, tonight we’ll have a coffee at Kranzler’s.’ This was the first time my ‘Prussian devotion to duty’ had been put to the test. I declined and arrived punctually for the second take-off attempt. It was a flight of three machines without fighter escort. None of our fighters was available. We were attacked by Russian fighters and the other two machines were apparently hit. They did not attempt to land, but discarded their cargoes. Our aircraft put down. As soon as one of our machines arrived, the Russian artillery would bombard the airfield. There was therefore no time to lose. Quickly out, unload, wounded aboard, and then take off again. It was very dangerous to be anywhere near the airfield, many men had been hit by cargo jettisoned from the air – even bread is pretty hard when frozen solid. I hastened to get away from the place. I think I was one of the last officers to be flown in. A few days later the Russians captured this airfield.

Busch, Reinhold (2014-09-03). Survivors of Stalingrad: Eyewitness Accounts from the 6th Army, 1942-43 (Kindle Locations 339-350). Frontline Books. Kindle Edition.

Pavel napsal:
Ty jo, konečně Po-2. Léta letoucí čekám na možnost vyzkoušet tuhle bojovou situaci:
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57_OTU ajvn napsal:

"Konečně Malta" je super.