Me 109 Pilot Horst Petzschler Pt 2 

He was a tough old bird! I think that most of the people who survived hardships like his did so with a very positive mental outlook. Thank you for watching, and thank you for your comment. I hope you will check out my other interviews on this Air Combat Journal channel.

Yes, he was! I had a delightful time interviewing Horst; he was so full of life. Thank you for watching, and thank you for your comment. I hope you will check out the other interviews on this channel, and please subscribe (if you haven't already done so.)

You were very fortunate to get to know him over time! Yes, he was a great man. Thank you for watching, and thank you for your comments. I hope you will check out my other interviews and subscribe to this channel.

You met him on line on 1990 when there was no internet. Right.

@@realdjoffski7201 wake up.........i did say PEN PAL first..............come on.....think before you write

I think that there was a lot of chivalry in the air war; not so much in the ground war. I believe a lot of the WWII pilots from different countries all got along pretty well after the war. They were all just doing their duty for their countries at the time. I don't think politics played into it for a lot of the German pilots. I think most of them were pretty good guys. Thank you for watching, and thank you for your comments! I hope you will check out my other interviews on this channel.

@@AirCombatJournal believe more in innocent germans myth or clean luftwaffe one. in one month of 1939. luftwaffe killed more than 100.000 people (civilians). including murder of terrified nursery kids on a field. what a chivalry we may read now how they were not nazis and they just protected their country

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I think everyone who survived the war was a winner in their own way, but none of them got trophies. Thank you for watching, and thank you for your comment! I hope you will check out my other interviews on this channel.

Welcome to my channel! Thank you for watching, and thank you for your comment! I hope you will check out my other interviews on this channel. Horrido!

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My goal is to get at least two interviews out per month. I work full time, and it's tough carving out an extra 15 hours a week to work on getting an interview edited. Encouragement from viewser like you is what keeps me going! Thank you. I hope you will check out my other interviews on this channel.

Yes, he was a great guy; full of life and energy. Thank you for watching, and thank you for your comment! I hope you will check out my other interviews on this channel.

They both served him well. I think his positive attitude and sense of humor probably saved his life in Russia. Thank you for watching, and thank you for your comment! I hope you will check out my other interviews on this channel.

@@AirCombatJournal I’ve already seen many of them - such great story tellers and impossible to imagine what they have gone through

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Thank you for your encouraging feedback, and thank you for watching! I believe that the best history is that which comes straight from the mouths of those who lived it. I hope you will check out my other interviews on this Air Combat Journal channel.

Horst was na awesome man. Thank you for watching, and thank you for your comment! I hope you will check out my other interviews on this channel.

Yes, Horst bounced back from his WWII experiences and had a pretty good life. Thank you for watching, and thank you for your comment! I hope you will check out my other interviews on this channel.

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And so many are just pawns and cannon fodder... Thank you for watching, and thank you for your comment! I hope you will check out my other interviews on this channel.

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I'm wondering also if this had anything to do with their surrender conditions from WWI, as they were not allowed to manufacture any war machines. Or maybe aluminum was scarce at the beginning of the war, and as wood was a proven material for props, they could stretch their aluminum supply by using wooden props. You brought up an interesting observation! Thank you for watching, and thank you for your comment! I hope you will check out my other interviews on this channel.

@@AirCombatJournal Now I think on it,another YT post stated FW 190 blades were wood. Presumably the radial engine version. So what were Dora blades ? As horsepower went up,was there an upper limit ? Switching to a new technology midwar was not something taken lightly. Only a few companies,at a guess two or so,to manufacture the actual blades. Hmm. Now I think on it,there is an E model 109 from BofB times, aluminum bent blades. And film images of 190 crashes that would indicate wooden blades. So at any rate, modern practice is,if crashed, replacement only. Would you or anyone else go flying with badly damaged repaired blades ? Only wartime necessity would make that possible. At any rate,Cheers.

American Civil War General William T. Sherman summed it up best when he said "War is hell." Sadly it is not just the soldiers who die, but also millions of innocent civilians. Thank you for your feedback, and thank you for watching. I believe that the best history is that which comes straight from the mouths of those who lived it. I hope you will check out my other interviews on this Air Combat Journal channel.

@@AirCombatJournal Even on of the worst Nazi´s (Josepf Göbbels) said: "War brings out only our worst qualities." But we all also know, that war is also a catalyst for technology, right? Keep up your good work!

I'm not sure what you mean. Was something cut out? Or was it a comment that was deleted? I know of at least one person's comment that was cut out by RU-vid's AI police. It had to do with a German political party that starts with an N and ends with an i....

@@AirCombatJournal Well its not called J..Tube for a reason

I don't recall specifically, but it was probably around 2010. It was recorded at his home in Wichita, Kansas.

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There are only a handfull of these guys left, and not all can hold a conversation. All these interviews were recorded between 1995 and 2013 while these guys were still pretty mentally sound. Thank you for watching this interview, and thank you for your comment! I hope you will check out the other interviews on my channel.

Patton and MacArthur had it figured out at the end of WWII, but Eisenhower put the brakes on. I wonder where we would be now if Eisenhower didn't hold them back?

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​Thank you for taking the time out to convince yourself........

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​@@jmp.t28b99He means Göring

Of course you are a fluent German speaker