At a church function yesterday I was talking to a veteran of WWII. He was in a communications company in support of General Eisenhower's headquarters. He said one time he was forward working on a generator when the location came under air attack. He was suprised because he recognized the airplanes as P-40 Warhawks. He remarked to the other soldiers taking cover near him wondering why our own troops were straffing them. They told him it was a group of German pilots flying captured planes and that it had become a regular occurance for them to strafe them around lunch the last few days. The veteran asked them why no one was using the anti-aircraft weapons around the base to return fire, to which he got no answer. He said the following day the group of planes returned and this time they were ready and waiting, shooting all three planes down.

This was a great story and I was wondering if anyone could corroborate it? He didn't remember many specifics. It was still in France and within a couple months of the invasion.

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PEOPLE SLEEP PEACEABLY IN THEIR BEDS AT NIGHT ONLY BECAUSE ROUGH MEN STAND READY TO DO VIOLENCE ON THEIR BEHALF. GEORGE ORWELL