Here is a link which states same. He flew missions over Russia at about 1940/41 time frame. After he had joined the SS.

http://www.netcomuk.co.uk/~plepage/biography.html

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"They wrote in the old days that it is sweet and fitting to die for one's country. But in modern war there is nothing sweet or fitting in your dying. You will die like a dog for no good reason."