llyan
llyan t1_j5ejuel wrote
Reply to comment by DomGriff in TIL Bob Hoover, an American Spitfire pilot in WW2, was shot down over occupied France and captured but was able to escape from the POW camp 16 months later, steal a German fighter, and fly it from northern Germany to friendly territory in Holland. by MetaSatakOz
Considering that the US housed literal nazis to gain gain an advantage over the Soviets and never paid for it, it was par for the course at that time
llyan t1_j5feru7 wrote
Reply to comment by loneranger07 in TIL Bob Hoover, an American Spitfire pilot in WW2, was shot down over occupied France and captured but was able to escape from the POW camp 16 months later, steal a German fighter, and fly it from northern Germany to friendly territory in Holland. by MetaSatakOz
Yep. Pretty much. The victors tell their own version of history. And repeated enough times, it becomes the truth