"A few years ago his story took center stage in all the forums of specialists. The guy gave interviews, even had his photo taken with some of the surviving Experten... Then it turned out that there is no trace of him in any document. A boaster..."
I had the distinct pleasure of meeting Herr Dulias at the Eisenhower museum. He signed a copy of his book for me. We had a very long conversation. My Uncle was a full colonel in an S.S. Panzer division in Russia. Herr Dulias's unit at times flew ground support for them. What a totally humble and great man.
@@guaporeturns9472 I think you misunderstood me. I was reacting to "My Uncle was a full colonel in an S.S. Panzer division in Russia": maybe "confess" is not the right word. Sorry I'm not a native English speaking person but I'm European and this short statement means something here: it's far more than passing along information. He said that as if he would have said that his uncle was a teacher or a baker or whatever! What is deeply shocking is that this statement suggests that what the SS did, especially in Russia, was commonplace or even "normal". I have German friends and none of them would dare to say that: either they don't want to talk about this because there are perhaps some dark spots in their family and it's shameful enough or they may evoke the subject to clarify that none of their relatives behaved badly or they deliberately address the topic to apologize but it's something very touchy so that we never talk about that. The burden is painful enough since they were not born at the time of the events ... Yet this statement highlights the fact that some people have forgotten all about WWII in Europe and that is a major concern from my perspective. On another hand it's so huge that I even wonder if it's really true ...
"A few years ago his story took center stage in all the forums of specialists. The guy gave interviews, even had his photo taken with some of the surviving Experten... Then it turned out that there is no trace of him in any document. A boaster..."
Thank you for your comments. I have many stories from released American G.I.s who told of Russian POWs begging to be released to the American liberators rather than being turned over to the Russians. Several told of Russian POWs being machine-gunned down by their Russian liberators for cowardice. The Russians believe that every soldier should have died fighting, and surrender was cowardice.
Why should it matter? The Soviet Union was the democratic friend of the liberal democracies. That's why the democracies aligned with it against the evil Nazis, and made that clear at the time. Why would the Soviets keep German pilots in Gulags after the war? They were the good guys too and thankfully they won the war and liberated Eastern Europe from dictatorship and occupation. The Soviets also stopped the evil Russian fascists who, if they had their way, would not have let someone like Stalin have power because of racism against Georgians in Russia. Lenin also would have been discriminated against and even Trotsky, the Red Army's head of morale. Let's just be thankful we live in democracy, where we can decide what happens in our countries, like immigration, foreign wars and so forth.
@@AirCombatJournalit's a anticomminist propaganda. Many of POWs who escaped were returned to their units a fought till the end of War. Firstly they were checked by SMERSH.
So sorry to hear about his death...What a nice man he was with all the things he gone threw May your sole rest in peace and thanks for your story you left behind for others to hear......
At first, I could not find his obituary anywhere on the internet, and I was thinking he might still be alive at 98. He was, after all, a true survivor. Then I found the obituary. He was a great and humble man. Thank you for your comments.
I met him several years ago, he signed my copy of "Another Bowl of Kapusta". Great interview, and an important piece of the legacy of all combatants fliers.
Thank you for your positive 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.
When I was in the military in Germany. I had a long chat with a German landlord of a bar I was staying at. He was a fighter pilot during the Battle of Britain. He was such a lovely man to talk too. He showed me some of his old photographs stood next to his plane during the war. He was such a nice man . Just doing his duty like most of them.
I think a lot of these guys were nice, regular guys. Very few drank the Koolaide of the Nazi party. They were just defending their homeland. Thank you for watching, and thank you for your comment! Please subscribe, if you haven't done so already.
"A few years ago his story took center stage in all the forums of specialists. The guy gave interviews, even had his photo taken with some of the surviving Experten... Then it turned out that there is no trace of him in any document. A boaster..."
The opitomy of an officer and a gentleman.In amongst the horror that was taking place during WWII there were still ethical warriors like this gallant fighter pilot.Wonderful tales from your service in the Luftwaffe.Thank you
"A few years ago his story took center stage in all the forums of specialists. The guy gave interviews, even had his photo taken with some of the surviving Experten... Then it turned out that there is no trace of him in any document. A boaster..."
Terrific documentary, and interview. A wonderful story about a time and era that has passed. His bravery, principles, honor, and devotion are admirable. Thank you, I am enlightened and grateful. I am 76 years old, a combat veteran from the Vietnam war (1969) and appreciate his call to duty and perspective. I salute him and his memory.
Sorry Russell but ...A few years ago his story took center stage in all the forums of specialists. The guy gave interviews, even had his photo taken with some of the surviving Experten... Then it turned out that there is no trace of him in any document. A boaster...
Wow!!! This was one of the intensed interviews about german pilot experiences since ages for me. My dad flew a Junkers Ju-88 and got shot down, bellylanded and he and his crew were captured. He flew the Buecker Jungmann, Buecker Jungmeister and the FW-44 Stiglitz (a name of a bird), too and as Gottfried he enjoyed it the same! He didn`t like fighting, but loved to fly. Thanks to a british fighter Pilot who stopped shooting at him, when he lowered his landing gear as a sign of surrender, I was able to be born and have been able to raise a family. Let us all try to do our best and be kind to each other as much as possible. This pilot is a real excample (and the british one who spared my Dad and his crew, too) of an real christioan person. R.I.P. Dad and Mr. Dullas. And thank you for this very great interview!
"A few years ago his story took center stage in all the forums of specialists. The guy gave interviews, even had his photo taken with some of the surviving Experten... Then it turned out that there is no trace of him in any document. A boaster..."
What a nice gentleman. I was especially take when he said "I aimed at his engine because I didn't want to hurt the pilot". I also have a huge amount of respect for the late Eric 'Bubi' Hartmann. A great interview.
Hartmann was an incredible ace of aces, and now we know why. His system worked! Gottfried truly was a great and humble man. I really enjoyed interviewing him. Thank you for watching and supporting my channel. I appreciate your comment.
In complete contrast to the beliefs of the famous "Red Baron" - Manfred v. Richthofen. According to the books about him, he always strived to fight "chivalrously" and, if possible, kill the enemy pilot with a shot in the head. However, there were no parachutes back then, so if a pilot had survived the crash, they would most likely have burned to death.
"A few years ago his story took center stage in all the forums of specialists. The guy gave interviews, even had his photo taken with some of the surviving Experten... Then it turned out that there is no trace of him in any document. A boaster..."
I have wondered how some of the people on here have 100000+ subscribers and this channel has only 188. You get my subscription. This was one of the most interesting interviews I have ever watched. Its absurd this guy doesn't want to kill anyone so he is sniping with his 30mm cannon. Unheard of.
I am not super social media savvy, so I have not pushed this out on Facebook or Instagram like I should. My kids keep telling me they are going to help me with this, but they are busy with their families and careers. I work full-time in addition to pushing these interviews out, so I'm doing all I can to get one out every week. I was out of the country last week on business and missed my self-imposed deadline of getting a show out every Monday night. One of these days I will take a break and start a social media marketing campaign. I am very grateful to those of you who have found this channel and subscribed. Please tell your friends. I would also be interested to know how you found this channel. Thank you so much for watching, and thank you for your comments and encouragement.
That's the answer for you.. Me-109 Pilot Gottfried Dulias: "A few years ago his story took center stage in all the forums of specialists. The guy gave interviews, even had his photo taken with some of the surviving Experten... Then it turned out that there is no trace of him in any document. A boaster..."
I just came upon this and all I can say is..remarkable. Thank you for the interview and I will be getting the book.
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About an incredible 1 million German soldiers died in Russian captivity. Understandable that they rather fought to the bitter end. Another very sad chapter of that war.
It is difficult to understand how a country could turn its back on its veterans so harshly and leave them to die in Russia. So sad. Gottfried was a true survivor. Thank you for your comments.
War is hell - in 1941 the Germans took around 3 Million russian POWs, an investigation by Afred Rosenberg in May 1942 (Germany needed manpower in the factories), 200'000 were still left - the rest had vanished in the gruesome winter - the german warmachine needed a lot of supplies so there simply was no capacity to nourish millions of POWs in the camps.
Germany and eventually the world did campaign for their release, but Germany was powerless. Most were released in 1955. Gottfried was actually fortunate. Russian POW’s were intentionally starved to death. There are many accounts from British and American POWs that observed the savage conditions of Russians in adjacent sectors of camps. Google the German hunger plan for captured Soviet territories. The abject savagery of war on the Eastern front was a product of both sides.
Yes, he truly was! I took him out to breakfast before the interview, and he told so many other stories about his military life that he missed in the interview. I was so enthralled with the interview that I forgot to ask about them until he was already heading back home. Thank you for your comment and thank you for watching my channel!
Did he have any great flying stories? A lot of these guys never opened up about their war histories. Of the 210 interviews I conducted, about 2/3 of the guys had never told their kids or grandkids any of their stories, other than they were a waist gunner/pilot/bombardier/etc. in WWII. These guys were all incredibly humble. Thank you for your comment, and thank you for watching my channel.
"A few years ago his story took center stage in all the forums of specialists. The guy gave interviews, even had his photo taken with some of the surviving Experten... Then it turned out that there is no trace of him in any document. A boaster..."
Absolutely _fantastic_ story! ... Perhaps being amongst the very best Luftwaffe pilot interviews I've ever viewed, I must admit that Dulias' extraordinary and exceptionally detailed account was not only both harrowing and nothing short of an ordeal of downright survivalism, but left me indelibly impressed with a reawakened 'imagination' over the unshakeable will and spirit of one man's life-altering journey, ultimately plumbing the depths into the unspeakable horrors of the aftermath of war. I'm sure the author humbly speaks volumes more into his deserving book which I'll definitely be picking up sometime soon. A big 'Thank you' for posting!
Thank you for your kind words and encouragement. The next interview that I will be posting tonight is another Me-109 pilot. Same war, similar combat stories, and sadly, the same ending after the war, only this time with a twist... I won't spoil it for you here. Stay tuned! Thank you for watching, and thank you for your comment! Please subscribe if you haven't done so already.
"A few years ago his story took center stage in all the forums of specialists. The guy gave interviews, even had his photo taken with some of the surviving Experten... Then it turned out that there is no trace of him in any document. A boaster..."
I think his attitude of gratitude is what got him back home alive. 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.
He flew a lot of missions.By the time the US bombers were done for the day,the British bombers were getting warmed up for the night.Thank you for this great video.
What a man! What a pilot! As an American,who loves WW2 history,I always enjoy these interviews of former enemies. The insight from these shows is awesome. Keep them coming!
Me-109 Pilot Gottfried Dulias: "A few years ago his story took center stage in all the forums of specialists. The guy gave interviews, even had his photo taken with some of the surviving Experten... Then it turned out that there is no trace of him in any document. A boaster..."
@@tonykeith76 kind of find that hard to believe. He claimed few kills, didn't boast about the few he claimed. Admitted he wasn't half as trained as his opponents. I don't see stolen valor here at all.
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.
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.
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.
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Subbed. You're doing a superb job recording and saving these interviews for historical posterity. Thank you. I didn't search for this video although I do watch history and aviation content so I think it was the algorithm that made it available to me. In truth, I found it difficult to pull the trigger on a rabbit when I went shooting at night with a friend and couldn't bring myself to kill it.
I found the obituary (1963) for a Paul Dulias a retired member of Riechbahnrat. Gottfried mentioned his father was in the Riechbahnrat. Some detractors say Gottfried story is BS, I like to remain an optimist. RIP Gottfried.
I totally stand behind his story. See my response to @billyb3616.... Thank you for your comment, and thank you for watching the video. I hope you will subscribe to the channel!
"A few years ago his story took center stage in all the forums of specialists. The guy gave interviews, even had his photo taken with some of the surviving Experten... Then it turned out that there is no trace of him in any document. A boaster..."
It is always incredible to see these WW2 veterans when they are old. They always are such well mannered, soft spoken guys, properly dressed, which makes it easy to forget how absolutely lethal they were in their machines back in the days.
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.
Thank you for your feedback and encouragement. Just so you know, I don't get anything whatsoever from the sales of his book, nor do I know who now profits from the sale, as Dulias is deceased. I suppose it is his author or maybe his daughters.
Thank you for watching, and thank you for your comment. 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 videos on this channel.
Great story and a wonderful man whose Guardian angel protected him - like mine protected me. I like the fact that he was not a killer like so many others.
God clearly had a plan for him! Thank you for your comment and thank you for watching. If you don't mind me asking, how did you find this channel? Gottfried's interview has exploded in popularity when compared to my other interviews. I'm still trying to figure out how the analytics work on UA-cam.
Gottfried was defending military targets my father bombed as a pilot flying a B-24 Liberator. He and my father would have had a wonderful time talking about being one time enemies.
You are so right! A lot of these former enemies became good post-war friends. 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.
Excellent video. I always have wondered about the off set gunsight and how they would have to lean to the right under G forces/combat maneuvering in order to use it.
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.
Thank you for watching my channel. Much more to come. If you don't mind me asking, how did you find my channel? This interview has done extremely well overnight; much more than my other interviews.
"A few years ago his story took center stage in all the forums of specialists. The guy gave interviews, even had his photo taken with some of the surviving Experten... Then it turned out that there is no trace of him in any document. A boaster..."
Whenever people complain about Nazi Germany using slave labour in WW2 or people dying in prison camps, never forget that the Soviets were allies of the the democracies and this man confirms how it was no different on the other side in this regard, but it is conveniently ignored by victors' propaganda. Soviet commissars had zero regard for Russian lives let alone those of the Germans, who were clearly ethnically targeted when the war swung. Their is silence on this matter from 'The West' because it undermines the stock narrative.
I agree. Look at the Pacific theater. Ever see them Allied POWs ? Rape, murder, forced comfort girls, medical experiments, chem bio used on civilians. Few Japanese were held accountable You never hear about that. Gee I wonder why
As Solzhenitsn told us, those who conducted the "Russian Revolution" were not Russians. Most of the commissars were not Russians. And most of the soldiers unleashed on Germany and her civilians on the Eastern Front were not Russian either.
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.
I have had several comments from people who think Dulias was a fraud. From what I can tell, the only evidence is that his name was not on a roster of pilots from one of his squadrons, and none of the pilots from that squadron who survived into the 2000s when Dulia published his book could remember him. Here are a few things to consider: 1. Many combatants from WWII tended not to get close to a lot of people, as they did not want to have to mourn a close friend. This philosophy was especially true in the bomber groups. I've been to many reunions where people who were friends 40 years later never had a clue their new friends were in the same squadron during the war. I suppose this may have been the same with fighter squadrons, where replacement pilots were many and veteran pilots were few. This would dispel the notion that no remaining veterans of his squadron could remember him. 2. Paperwork such as transfer papers did not always make it to the fronts. My next interview will be Me-109 pilot Horst P., and he tells of his paperwork never catching up to him as he was transferred from the Russian front, to the Western front, and then back to the Russian front. Apparently, this was a normal occurrence during the war in Germany, where the Allies' goal was to disrupt all industry and communication. This is probably why Dulias' name was not on some squadron list. I'm hoping that Horst's interview is not met with the same scrutiny and skepticism as Dulias' was. Thank you all for watching, and thank you for your comments!
Proving a negative is very difficult - like proving I didn't climb Mt. Everest 10 years ago. Journalists should provide the scrutiny before publishing. Another angle to check is his claim in the book to have shot down a Lt. Browning RAF in his Spitfire. But searching the UK gov't RAF records shows nobody named Browning having served as an RAF pilot in WWII. At least I couldn't find him. Maybe someone else can. Or did the UK lose their records too? There are just too many credibility issues you can find online going back several years. Dulias was a very engaging and warm character. I'd like to believe the pilot part of the story - maybe the rest is true.
@@billyb3616 I truly appreciate your comments, and I am not interested in promoting "posers" or "frauds" on this channel, so I stand with you on this. I believe Dulias is the real deal; otherwise, I would not have posted his story. I met Dulias at the Eden Praire, MN, Flying Cloud Airport's EAA Fly-In and Airshow. The EAA paid his expenses to come in and sit at a table to provide his war stories to whoever would listen. There were a number of other WWII and Korean War veterans at similar tables recounting their wartime experiences. For my part, since the EAA sought out and paid for Dulias to be present as an oral historian, I made the assumption that they had vetted him as a real Me-109 pilot. They had money in the game as well as their good name; they wouldn't put this on the line for a phony pilot. I would also remind those suspicious of his authenticity that pilots from other countries flew for the RAF early in the war prior to America's entry into WWII. I would suggest checking the rosters of other Allied countries for the "RAF pilot" Lt. Browning. There were several "American Eagle" squadrons in England that were comprised of American pilots, and seven American pilots flew in the Battle of Britain. Perhaps one of these flyers was the mysterious Lt. Browning. I just did a quick Google search, and it turned up a photo of an RAF pilot named Lt. Gen. F. A. M. Browning who flew from Netheravon in 1942. I take exception with the above statement "But searching the UK gov't RAF records shows nobody named Browning having served as an RAF pilot in WWII." I found a Lt. Gen. Browning in under a minute's time: www.paradata.org.uk/media/10876 I don't have a ton of time to put into this, as I don't feel I need to prove anything. I need someone to prove without a reasonable doubt that Dulias is a fraud. This would be by finding his name on a list of ambulance drivers, or on an aircraft carrier's roster, or some other non-aviation roster during WWII. Until I have this proof his interview stands. I welcome anyone else's comments on this. My next post will be another German Me-109 pilot...
If there is any honour in war this man is a good example. I remember my first ever hunting trip for deer with relatives when I was 8 years old. When they finally found a deer after hunting for a few hours I ruined the trip by screaming out at the deer “Run away” and it did. I can imagine how he felt killing the rabbit.
Not everyone has the killer instinct. Thak you for your insight, 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.
This was shot in Minneapolis during the Eden Praire Airport Airshow, probably around 2006 -2009. Gottfried was one of the invited guests. He had a table there at the airshow and he talked to guests about his experiences. If you need the specific date, I can dig through my archives to find the original camera masters.
It's really remarkable that this general guy who couldn't even bring himself to kill a Rabbit take care to try to bring down his enemy without killing them.My mom's cousin Flu p forty seven and Told the story of being engaged in a Dog fight with a 109 and about the time he realized he was short of fuel and out of ammunition. He figured he was a goner until the 109 pilot pulled abreast of him pointed down to his fuel Gauge waggled, his wings saluted him and they both went home. In one piece there was a certain amount of honor and integrity with those guys that goes all the way back to World War 1 when they would. Have elaborate funerals for their adversary. Remarkable personalities. Honorable Man.
Yes, I believe there still was some chivalry left in the Air War of WWII. 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.
@@sniper13143 Try ordering from Amazon Books. Here is the link: www.amazon.com/Another-Bowl-Kapusta-Luftwaffe-W/dp/1418488364 Let me know if this works. My wife and I had the opportunity to spend some time in Capetown and the surrounding area four years ago. You have a beautiful country!
One of my flight instructors drew a little crosshairs with a grease pencil and this was used to accurately aim and position the training plane very easily. Using this method some students could actually get their pilot's license in 37 hours under FAA Part 141 requirements. I later used this same method to teach students and it also transfers well over to instrument flying using the attitude indicator as reference.
When I learned to fly back in the late 70's, my instructor told me to pick a bug on the windscreen and use that as my aiming point when lining up for a landing or flying a straight course (rather than chasing the compass needle.) It worked quite well! Thank you for your comments and thank you for watching. If you don't mind me asking, how did you find this channel? Gottfried's interview has exploded in popularity when compared to my other interviews. I'm still trying to figure out how the analytics work on UA-cam.
Over four decades ago I wrote a 26-page research paper on the P-51. What I remember about power dives was that it would porpoise and go out of control at speeds approaching 500 mph. I think there may be some credence to what Dulias said, but like you, I would not bet my life on it! Some of their training tips may have been based on misinformation or hearsay. Thank you for your comment, and thank you for watching the video. I hope you will subscribe to the channel!
I remember reading through US fighters recollections, describing 109s diving away, only to realise that their all time favourite tactics not working anymore. But my humble expertise isn't as deep as yours obviously. Pilot skills and willingness to loose all altitude and contact with the group may also play some role🤔 And yes, be sure I just did subscribe😉
Highly inspiring , invaluable for understanding the reality of those byegone days. The third world war will be far more destructive and the survivors will have to cope with a radioactive world. We do not seem to learn anything from the past , as politicians are again beating war drums for personal profit, with out realising that all out war with thousands of nuclear weapons will leave their world in ashes.
@@danielaengel3675 Thank you for watching in Switzerland! Visiting your country is on my bucket list. Everyone I know who has been there said there is no place on earth as beautiful.
@@AirCombatJournal - Thank you for your kind feedback. Yes, many things are good in Switzerland. In the First and Second World War, our forefathers were able to protect the country and keep the peace. Our small country was not dragged into the war, which is a great merit of this generation. Where are you from ? .
First time I hear a (German) pilot say that the BF109 was actually better than the Spitfire as the BF109 enabled him to outmaneuver a more experienced British pilot. I think the battle of Britain was not so much won because of quality of the British aircraft but because the British airplanes didn't had to cover the distance the BF109 had to cover and the British pilots also flew over friendly territory.
Also, downed British flyers over England lived to fight another day in another plane. 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.
Those two qualities will take you far! 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.
Blessed soul. A lesson to be remembered, especially today, never spare a Russian, or else you will suffer. Many of us knew, that Germans were in vast majority civilised people during those years, having met many of their veterans.
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.
I think he was just happy he survived to tell about it. 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.
The intrusive and unnecessary background music detracts from an otherwise excellent interview. Some photographs of the planes mentioned would also have been welcome.
Thank you for your feedback. I have dialed back the music dramatically since I started posting these videos 6 weeks ago based on feedback like yours. Adding music under an interview can augment the emotion if done properly, and I hope I am doing it properly... I have been doing this for 34 years for broadcast, corporate, and agency clients, and I have a Master's degree in Radio/TV/Film. Music also makes it harder for unscrupulous individuals to lift my soundbites and use them on their UA-cam channels.
That's Strange.. In 50 years of reading, I know the the first rule for 109s and 190s pilots was: "In a fight against a P-51 or P-47, NEVER DIVE".. ( The story of his first fight is leaking water from all sides ) Ok... Now a friend sent to me the answer: "A few years ago his story took center stage in all the forums of specialists. The guy gave interviews, even had his photo taken with some of the surviving Experten... Then it turned out that there is no trace of him in any document. A boaster..."
The german word he uses at 7:44 for the ground loop is "Ringelpiez". "Ringelpiez" is actually a colloquial term for a dance, but is apparently used in aviation terminology for a rotation of the aircraft around the outer end of one of the wings caused by ground contact during take-off or landing.
Thank you for the clarification! I'm wondering if it might also be what we would call a ground loop in a tail dragger. 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.
This is a great man you interviewed here.The stories about his guardian angel 😇 were fantastic.He has a wealth of knowledge and was so tough the russians couldn't kill him.When you have the protection of GOD,nothing can kill you,and this man is proof of that.
Amen! God is sovereign... all the time. Thank you for watching and thank you for your comment. If you don't mind me asking, how did you find this channel? Gottfried's interview has exploded in popularity when compared to my other interviews. I'm still trying to figure out how the analytics work on UA-cam.
@@AirCombatJournal ACJ,your videos just started popping up on my feed,and I am so glad it did.What an interview,channel,and the guy behind the scenes.OUTSTANDING.
@@markpaul-ym5wg Thank you MarkPaul! I think the UA-cam algorithm finally latched on to me, which is nice. I’m kind of an older guy, and I’m not real savvy about pushing stuff out on social media. My kids are both visiting for dinner tonight and I’m hoping that one will give me a tutorial on how to push this out on Facebook and Instagram. I have about 210 of these WWII interviews and my goal is to get one out every week. I work full time, however, so sometimes this is tough. I was out of the country on a video shoot last Thursday to Monday so it set me back of getting Gottfried’s video out. I’m going to New Orleans this Thursday to celebrate with my wife as she gets a national award (Humanitarian of the Year) from a professional organization, so I’ll miss out on my normal production time. I’ll try to get the next one out by next Thursday. While in New Orleans, I’m hoping to make contact with a curator from the WWII Museum to see if I can get some promotion through them. Thank you so much for your encouragement! Thank you for watching, and please let all your friends know about ACJ.
@@markpaul-ym5wg I hope the uncle sent to Dresden survived the fire bombings. I also hope your uncles shared some of their experiences with you. It's amazing how many of these WWII vets took their stories to the grave. Thank. your of your comments.
His faith served him well. A great lesson for all of us! 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.
Thank you for watching, and thank you for watching! If you don't mind me asking, how did you find this channel? Gottfried's interview has exploded in popularity when compared to my other interviews. I'm still trying to figure out how the analytics work on UA-cam.
Thanks for your input on roller bearings, 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.
Are you referring to his book "The First and the Last"? This was the first book I bought that gave the German perspective of the WWII air war. He truly was an awesome man. In 1995 he was going to be one of the hosts of a WWII D-Day tour in France, and I desperately wanted to go, but I was getting married in 6 months, and my wife was a bit frazzled about me being gone for two weeks while we were making all of our wedding plans. I still regret not going, but I made the right choice. We are still happily married for 29 years now. Thank you for watching the video, and Thank you for your comment! I hope you will subscribe if you haven't already done so.
I believe that little has changed in Soviet leadership style; we just are not privy to what is really going on. Thank you for your comment, and thank you for watching this channel.
A salute to all the German heroes which fought to save the world from Bolshevism only to be stabbed in the back by the "allies". Had the allies fought on the right side, Bolshevism would have died in 1943. Patton knew this and they murdered him in 1945. I met General Galland just before he passed on and it was such an honor. A hero and a gentleman. He speaks the truth in his interviews. Horrido!
I had the opportunity to go on a WWII European tour in 1995 hosted by Adolf Galland. Unfortunately (or fortunately) I was getting married shortly after the tour dates, and I elected not to go, as my bride-to-be was frazzled with wedding plans. While I am still married to the same bride, I regret not meeting Galland. McArthur also wanted to press on against the Russians after the war, but Eisenhower had a belly full of war and didn't think the Americans could stand a continuation of the war. And that's why we're still dealing with the Russians as a superpower today... Thank you for your comments!
yes i have made similar comments the should have followed general Patton advice he wanted to take out the russians in 1945 look at the mess we got now because he was not listen to.
Почему он должен был попасть в плен к американцам????????. .. американцы не воевали а занимались грабежами и марадерством военнопленных немцев после того как русские их победили
@@AirCombatJournal That would have been a bloodbath, anyone who think that they'd be able to march to Moscow is completely and utterly deranged. This is the same army (the red arm that is) that utterly decimated 2/3 or the German army on the eastern front.
This video was recommended to me by a group of friends. I'm sorry to read in the comments that it might not be true. I hope that the truth will be found.
I believe in my heart the story is absolutely true. In our off-camera moments, he had many more details that would have been difficult to fabricate. He also had all his correspondence between him and his parents while he was imprisoned in Russia. While this would have been possible to re-create, it would have been a lot of work, including forging all the postal marks. And the big question is why? Why pass yourself off as a WWII pilot? Why not make yourself a Colonel or General? Why not have a much more flamboyant story with three times as many victories? I am convinced Dulias was the real deal.
This must have been the quality of soul that helped that crippled B-17 crew to go back across the channel when a 109 pilot flew formation for a while and escorted them in the correct direction. I forgot that pilots name.
You are referring to the book "A Higher Calling." This was the story of Me-109 pilot Franz Stigler, who let a badly wounded B-17 return to England. Great story! Thank you for watching, and thank you for your comment! Please subscribe if you haven't done so already.
Magnificent storyteller, but nothing adds up, as far as him being a Me109 fighter pilot. No names, places, dates, no Gottfried Dulias on a list of german WW2 pilots, no Lt. Fred Browning, no operational Ratas in soviet service in 1944. Add to it shooting the wire and a running rabbit at 150 m with 'a precise' 1936 Mauser, saluting parachuting pilot, oh boy, he knows how to weave the story. Congrats, Air Combat Journal!
I'm afraid you are right. The online WWII era photo of him titled Leutnant Dulias shows a man in a junior enlisted Luftwaffe uniform. When he wrote his book about 20 years ago, the warbird community researched him and generally concluded that he was making it up. His book has very little about squadron activity, or names. Mostly about his childhood. He was in the Luftwaffe, but most likely not a pilot.
What a wonderful humane guy with who hated the idea of killing i wish there were a lot more people like him both in and out wars and uniforms, society where ever possible should have highest respect for life and living things similar to the philosophy of the buddha religion, a truly wonderful man that i feel great empathy with God bless him and positive outlook and guardian angel.
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My Uncle was captured in the Bludge by Germans I think he wound up in Hungary pow. One scuttle of coal of a week.For a barracks. Worked in a rock quarry at some point. Very little food/soup. Allowed to keep his New Testament/nothing else. Whipped severely for attempting escape. 30 year old. Weldon Kennamer. Passed away in 1965 Heart Attack. He finally got a 10% disability. His back was hurt bad before his capture. He signed German papers/stating his health. If u weren't healthy you might dissappear.
Thanks for your insight, 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.
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.
Amen! 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.
What an irony of German soldiers being transported in tightly packed trains like the Jews had been transported to the death camps. When he was being overworked, he was put in a hospital instead of being shot and put in a crematorium.
I suppose they could not shoot him in the work camp as he was no longer a prisoner of war (the war was over.) He was lucky to have survived at all. 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.
Nice guy... funny how he now pronounced the German "Br" in words like "Brett" or "Brot" with an englisch accent 🙂 Also interesting, that, in his opinion, the 109 was more maneuverable than the Spitfire. Not a very common view and most likely not true The 109 models were generally faster compared to contemporary Spits, maybe better in climb but far worse in turning. A 109 could win an energy fight but never a close turning dogfight or vice versa. If the pilots would stick to his planes envelope, given same pilot skill, "same" plane condition, comparable plane version (109 E/F/G/K vs. mk V, VIII, IX...) - it would most likely be a draw until someone makes an error (or got caught by surprise like with kill #2) So I guess Fred Browning from London made a mistake and it was not the Spitfires fault ;-)
Great observations! Thank you for your feedback and insight. My brother is on a D-Day tour in France right now, and they were supposed to be treated to a mock dogfight between a Spit and an ME-109 today. Unfortunately, a Spitfire was involved in a fatal crash just last week, and all Spitfires have been grounded in England while they do their post-crash evaluations. 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.
THe Lord is truly good! Thank you for watching, and thank you for your comment. I hope you will check out some of my other interviews, and that you will subscribe to this channel if you haven't already done so.
What a wonderful man. His English is superb. I'm saddened that he had been captured by the Barbarians (Russians) and then brutally mistreated. Something like 90% never returned home!
To be fair I don't think the Russians had any empathy for anyone wearing a German uniform after the atrocities commited by them during Operation Barbarossa.
According to Dulias, 99% didn't come home from the labor camps. A sad statistic... Thank you for watching, and thank you for your comment! Please subscribe if you haven't done so already.
And his memory! 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.
Ich werde das prüfen. Ich arbeite Vollzeit und die Produktion jedes Programms dauert etwa 15 Stunden. Das Hinzufügen deutscher Untertitel würde diesen Prozess um mehrere Stunden verlängern. Außerdem habe ich kein Budget, um einen Dienst für Untertitel zu bezahlen. Vielleicht kann ich Untertitel hinzufügen, wenn ich diesen Kanal monetarisiert habe. Vielen Dank für Ihr Feedback und ich freue mich, dass Sie meinen Kanal gefunden haben. Ich bin deutscher Abstammung und meine Mutter hat bis zu ihrem fünften Lebensjahr Deutsch gesprochen.
Yes, he and his wife immigrated to America and settled in New York state, and I think he was an apartment manager but I'm not certain. I'll check his book and get back to you. Thank you for watching!
At 50 meters you couldn't miss! Thank you for watching, and thank you for your comment. I hope you will check out some of my other interviews, and that you will subscribe to this channel if you haven't already done so.
Do we know what happened to Lt. Fred Browning from London? Don't forget what the Russians did to POW's during and after the war.. They ran death camps. Modern Russia is still the same people and values. They kept him untill 1947.. after the war.. others longer.
I don't know anything about Browning. I concur with your observations regarding Russia. Thank you for watching, and thank you for your comment. I hope you will check out some of my other interviews, and that you will subscribe to this channel if you haven't already done so.
The toilet paper roll effect will be gone starting with Part 2 of Horst Petzschler's interview. Thank you for watching, and thank you for your comment. I hope you will check out some of my other interviews, and that you will subscribe to this channel if you haven't already done so.
ACJ, suggest a little research into Herr Dulias, and if you can find a single bit of objective evidence of him having been a Luftwaffe fighter pilot (I have failed to do so) then keep the video up. Otherwise....
I suppose one fact of his story that would be hard to dispute is his letters to and from the Russian work camp. It would have been a LOT of work to create the letters, and then forge all the appropriate postal marks. Also, if he were a fraud, wouldn't he have inflated his record of aerial victories and maybe his rank? Also, what about the multiple photos of him in a Luftwaffe uniform, or with other Luftwaffe pilots, or next to Luftwaffe aircraft? Many of the photos I am referring to are in his book. Can you provide objective proof that he was not an Me-109 pilot? Just because he was not listed on a roster of names for a fighter squadron does not mean he wasn't there. Records keeping was not like it is today. Everything was created by hand and delivered by hand. There was a war going on, and the Allies were doing everything they could to disrupt German communications, which would have included the mail service and records keeping. I need more evidence than this. My next interviewee is another Me-109 pilot, and he tells of how some of his paperwork did not follow him to his assigned squadron. He went from the Eastern front, to the Western front, and back to the Eastern front. This loss of papers was probably a common occurrence. I did interview one true fraud: a ball turret gunner who was too scared to get into the turret when going into combat. He lied about surviving a midair collision, and I know something was strange about his perspective. It lacked all emotion or detail. He also refused to be interviewed alone. He insisted on being interviewed along with his pilot. The pilot most likely caused the midair collision, and after the collision, all the crew refused to fly with him. Both men were considered radioactive by the crew. That is why they clung together at this bomber reunion. I got the straight story from the copilot of the crew. I KNEW there was something odd about t the interview. I did not have this same feeling when interviewing Dulias. I do appreciate your comment. I cannot vett every veteran I interview. Each person will have to decide for himself or herself if the interviews are legitimate. I would not have posted the interview if I believed Dulia was a fraud. Someone will need to get me concrete objective evidence that he was not a fraud for me to pull his interview down. Thank you for your comment, and thank you for watching the video. I hope this one interview does not taint your perspective of any of my other interviews.
Yes, this was unfortunate for many POWs. Thank you for watching, and thank you for your comment. I hope you will check out some of my other interviews, and that you will subscribe to this channel if you haven't already done so.
Nothing but respect for this man!
Yes, he was a great and humble man.
"A few years ago his story took center stage in all the forums of specialists.
The guy gave interviews, even had his photo taken with some of the surviving Experten...
Then it turned out that there is no trace of him in any document.
A boaster..."
I had the distinct pleasure of meeting Herr Dulias at the Eisenhower museum. He signed a copy of his book for me. We had a very long conversation. My Uncle was a full colonel in an S.S. Panzer division in Russia. Herr Dulias's unit at times flew ground support for them. What a totally humble and great man.
Thank you for your comments. He truly was a great man.
Yes he was, had 4 guardian angels.
I couldn't imagine somebody would dare to confess something like that without even hesitating: SS on the Russian front! ... unbelievable.
@@patolt1628The dude is gone , he didn’t confess anything , his nephew just passed along information.
Drama much?🤦♂️
@@guaporeturns9472 I think you misunderstood me. I was reacting to "My Uncle was a full colonel in an S.S. Panzer division in Russia": maybe "confess" is not the right word. Sorry I'm not a native English speaking person but I'm European and this short statement means something here: it's far more than passing along information. He said that as if he would have said that his uncle was a teacher or a baker or whatever! What is deeply shocking is that this statement suggests that what the SS did, especially in Russia, was commonplace or even "normal".
I have German friends and none of them would dare to say that: either they don't want to talk about this because there are perhaps some dark spots in their family and it's shameful enough or they may evoke the subject to clarify that none of their relatives behaved badly or they deliberately address the topic to apologize but it's something very touchy so that we never talk about that. The burden is painful enough since they were not born at the time of the events ...
Yet this statement highlights the fact that some people have forgotten all about WWII in Europe and that is a major concern from my perspective. On another hand it's so huge that I even wonder if it's really true ...
I personally knew Gottfried Dulias. It was great to see this interview.
Wow! You met this man. Where did he live Chris? What a fabulous man and story of the will to live!
Thank you for watching. I truly enjoyed interviewing him. I'm happy to get his story out.
"A few years ago his story took center stage in all the forums of specialists.
The guy gave interviews, even had his photo taken with some of the surviving Experten...
Then it turned out that there is no trace of him in any document. A boaster..."
What a kind , merciful 109 pilot. What a shame of him becoming a Russian prisoner and not an American prisoner.
Thank you for your comments. I have many stories from released American G.I.s who told of Russian POWs begging to be released to the American liberators rather than being turned over to the Russians. Several told of Russian POWs being machine-gunned down by their Russian liberators for cowardice. The Russians believe that every soldier should have died fighting, and surrender was cowardice.
Why should it matter? The Soviet Union was the democratic friend of the liberal democracies. That's why the democracies aligned with it against the evil Nazis, and made that clear at the time. Why would the Soviets keep German pilots in Gulags after the war? They were the good guys too and thankfully they won the war and liberated Eastern Europe from dictatorship and occupation. The Soviets also stopped the evil Russian fascists who, if they had their way, would not have let someone like Stalin have power because of racism against Georgians in Russia. Lenin also would have been discriminated against and even Trotsky, the Red Army's head of morale. Let's just be thankful we live in democracy, where we can decide what happens in our countries, like immigration, foreign wars and so forth.
@@AirCombatJournalit's a anticomminist propaganda. Many of POWs who escaped were returned to their units a fought till the end of War. Firstly they were checked by SMERSH.
I heard the English POWs had it best…
@@AirCombatJournal the Bolsheviks.... Russians had no say in Stalin's USSR except as cannon fodder.
So sorry to hear about his death...What a nice man he was with all the things he gone threw May your sole rest in peace and thanks for your story you left behind for others to hear......
At first, I could not find his obituary anywhere on the internet, and I was thinking he might still be alive at 98. He was, after all, a true survivor. Then I found the obituary. He was a great and humble man. Thank you for your comments.
I wonder what his views were of Goering after Hitler fell out with the head of the Luffewaffe in the last chapter of the air war?
"soul" :-)
I met him several years ago, he signed my copy of "Another Bowl of Kapusta". Great interview, and an important piece of the legacy of all combatants fliers.
Thanks for your comments. He was truly a great man.
What a precious old honorable gent! Epic interview, RIP brother.
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A testimony to the human spirit. The importance of Faith and the spirit to endure. ✌️🏴🇬🇧
Amen! He had incredible faith and trust in the Lord. Thank you for your comments.
When I was in the military in Germany. I had a long chat with a German landlord of a bar I was staying at. He was a fighter pilot during the Battle of Britain. He was such a lovely man to talk too. He showed me some of his old photographs stood next to his plane during the war. He was such a nice man . Just doing his duty like most of them.
I think a lot of these guys were nice, regular guys. Very few drank the Koolaide of the Nazi party. They were just defending their homeland. Thank you for watching, and thank you for your comment! Please subscribe, if you haven't done so already.
This man has a wonderful heart it's a shame young men have to fight each other in war
"A few years ago his story took center stage in all the forums of specialists.
The guy gave interviews, even had his photo taken with some of the surviving Experten...
Then it turned out that there is no trace of him in any document. A boaster..."
The opitomy of an officer and a gentleman.In amongst the horror that was taking place during WWII there were still ethical warriors like this gallant fighter pilot.Wonderful tales from your service in the Luftwaffe.Thank you
The word is 'epitome' and he is an officer and a gentleman.
"A few years ago his story took center stage in all the forums of specialists.
The guy gave interviews, even had his photo taken with some of the surviving Experten...
Then it turned out that there is no trace of him in any document. A boaster..."
opitomy?
Terrific documentary, and interview. A wonderful story about a time and era that has passed. His bravery, principles, honor, and devotion are admirable. Thank you, I am enlightened and grateful. I am 76 years old, a combat veteran from the Vietnam war (1969) and appreciate his call to duty and perspective. I salute him and his memory.
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Sorry Russell but ...A few years ago his story took center stage in all the forums of specialists.
The guy gave interviews, even had his photo taken with some of the surviving Experten...
Then it turned out that there is no trace of him in any document.
A boaster...
Wow!!! This was one of the intensed interviews about german pilot experiences since ages for me. My dad flew a Junkers Ju-88 and got shot down, bellylanded and he and his crew were captured. He flew the Buecker Jungmann, Buecker Jungmeister and the FW-44 Stiglitz (a name of a bird), too and as Gottfried he enjoyed it the same!
He didn`t like fighting, but loved to fly. Thanks to a british fighter Pilot who stopped shooting at him, when he lowered his landing gear as a sign of surrender, I was able to be born and have been able to raise a family.
Let us all try to do our best and be kind to each other as much as possible. This pilot is a real excample (and the british one who spared my Dad and his crew, too) of an real christioan person.
R.I.P. Dad and Mr. Dullas.
And thank you for this very great interview!
"A few years ago his story took center stage in all the forums of specialists.
The guy gave interviews, even had his photo taken with some of the surviving Experten...
Then it turned out that there is no trace of him in any document. A boaster..."
@@tonykeith76 I only know the story of my Dad`s history and that`s all true.
What a nice gentleman. I was especially take when he said "I aimed at his engine because I didn't want to hurt the pilot". I also have a huge amount of respect for the late Eric 'Bubi' Hartmann. A great interview.
Hartmann was an incredible ace of aces, and now we know why. His system worked! Gottfried truly was a great and humble man. I really enjoyed interviewing him. Thank you for watching and supporting my channel. I appreciate your comment.
@@AirCombatJournalHartmann said his trick was to get so close he couldn’t miss
In complete contrast to the beliefs of the famous "Red Baron" - Manfred v. Richthofen.
According to the books about him, he always strived to fight "chivalrously" and, if possible, kill the enemy pilot with a shot in the head.
However, there were no parachutes back then, so if a pilot had survived the crash, they would most likely have burned to death.
"A few years ago his story took center stage in all the forums of specialists.
The guy gave interviews, even had his photo taken with some of the surviving Experten...
Then it turned out that there is no trace of him in any document. A boaster..."
I have wondered how some of the people on here have 100000+ subscribers and this channel has only 188. You get my subscription. This was one of the most interesting interviews I have ever watched. Its absurd this guy doesn't want to kill anyone so he is sniping with his 30mm cannon. Unheard of.
I am not super social media savvy, so I have not pushed this out on Facebook or Instagram like I should. My kids keep telling me they are going to help me with this, but they are busy with their families and careers. I work full-time in addition to pushing these interviews out, so I'm doing all I can to get one out every week. I was out of the country last week on business and missed my self-imposed deadline of getting a show out every Monday night. One of these days I will take a break and start a social media marketing campaign. I am very grateful to those of you who have found this channel and subscribed. Please tell your friends. I would also be interested to know how you found this channel. Thank you so much for watching, and thank you for your comments and encouragement.
I was thinking the same thing.
That's the answer for you..
Me-109 Pilot Gottfried Dulias:
"A few years ago his story took center stage in all the forums of specialists.
The guy gave interviews, even had his photo taken with some of the surviving Experten...
Then it turned out that there is no trace of him in any document.
A boaster..."
I just came upon this and all I can say is..remarkable. Thank you for the interview and I will be getting the book.
About an incredible 1 million German soldiers died in Russian captivity. Understandable that they rather fought to the bitter end. Another very sad chapter of that war.
It is difficult to understand how a country could turn its back on its veterans so harshly and leave them to die in Russia. So sad. Gottfried was a true survivor. Thank you for your comments.
War is hell - in 1941 the Germans took around 3 Million russian POWs, an investigation by Afred Rosenberg in May 1942 (Germany needed manpower in the factories), 200'000 were still left - the rest had vanished in the gruesome winter - the german warmachine needed a lot of supplies so there simply was no capacity to nourish millions of POWs in the camps.
Germany and eventually the world did campaign for their release, but Germany was powerless. Most were released in 1955. Gottfried was actually fortunate. Russian POW’s were intentionally starved to death. There are many accounts from British and American POWs that observed the savage conditions of Russians in adjacent sectors of camps. Google the German hunger plan for captured Soviet territories. The abject savagery of war on the Eastern front was a product of both sides.
What a humble man
Yes, he truly was! I took him out to breakfast before the interview, and he told so many other stories about his military life that he missed in the interview. I was so enthralled with the interview that I forgot to ask about them until he was already heading back home. Thank you for your comment and thank you for watching my channel!
This was an incredible interview and I loved it ! I try to find and watch every interview that is focused on these German pilots !
I had a German language teacher in my highschool that was a ME pilot
Did he have any great flying stories? A lot of these guys never opened up about their war histories. Of the 210 interviews I conducted, about 2/3 of the guys had never told their kids or grandkids any of their stories, other than they were a waist gunner/pilot/bombardier/etc. in WWII. These guys were all incredibly humble. Thank you for your comment, and thank you for watching my channel.
The name Gottfried literally translates to "God-peace". I think that this gentleman was named appropriately.
Amen! Thank you for watching and thank you for your comment.
"A few years ago his story took center stage in all the forums of specialists.
The guy gave interviews, even had his photo taken with some of the surviving Experten...
Then it turned out that there is no trace of him in any document. A boaster..."
Interesting interview. This guy was different, friendly, cordial a good pilot. Great interview!!
Thank you for your comments. Gottfried was a great and humble man.
Absolutely _fantastic_ story! ... Perhaps being amongst the very best Luftwaffe pilot interviews I've ever viewed, I must admit that Dulias' extraordinary and exceptionally detailed account was not only both harrowing and nothing short of an ordeal of downright survivalism, but left me indelibly impressed with a reawakened 'imagination' over the unshakeable will and spirit of one man's life-altering journey, ultimately plumbing the depths into the unspeakable horrors of the aftermath of war. I'm sure the author humbly speaks volumes more into his deserving book which I'll definitely be picking up sometime soon.
A big 'Thank you' for posting!
Thank you for your kind words and encouragement. The next interview that I will be posting tonight is another Me-109 pilot. Same war, similar combat stories, and sadly, the same ending after the war, only this time with a twist... I won't spoil it for you here. Stay tuned! Thank you for watching, and thank you for your comment! Please subscribe if you haven't done so already.
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Great! ... Looking forward to it!
"A few years ago his story took center stage in all the forums of specialists.
The guy gave interviews, even had his photo taken with some of the surviving Experten...
Then it turned out that there is no trace of him in any document.
A boaster..."
A thankful man in spite of a horrible time during and after WW2.🙂
I think his attitude of gratitude is what got him back home alive.
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He flew a lot of missions.By the time the US bombers were done for the day,the British bombers were getting warmed up for the night.Thank you for this great video.
Yes, no one realizes how hard the German fighter pilots were working to defend their Motherland. Thank you for your comments.
Men of honour - they tried to destroy only equipment of war and save humans life !
Thanks for all this exciting interviews ! Great Channel
What a man! What a pilot! As an American,who loves WW2 history,I always enjoy these interviews of former enemies. The insight from these shows is awesome. Keep them coming!
Me-109 Pilot Gottfried Dulias:
"A few years ago his story took center stage in all the forums of specialists.
The guy gave interviews, even had his photo taken with some of the surviving Experten...
Then it turned out that there is no trace of him in any document.
A boaster..."
@@tonykeith76 kind of find that hard to believe. He claimed few kills, didn't boast about the few he claimed. Admitted he wasn't half as trained as his opponents. I don't see stolen valor here at all.
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@@AirCombatJournal Will do!
Thank you for the interview , a privilage to be able to hear and see such a man . Your interview technique is first class as is the audio .
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An interesting account of Herr Dulias of his personal experiences of WW2 👍
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Sehr gutes und bewegendes Interview ! - Vielen Dank.
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@@AirCombatJournal - Besten Dank für Ihr sympathisches Feedback. - Sprechen Sie Deutsch !?
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Thank you for sharing.
Thank you for watching and for your encouraging feedback.
This was very uplifting, saved and passed on.
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Subbed.
You're doing a superb job recording and saving these interviews for historical posterity. Thank you.
I didn't search for this video although I do watch history and aviation content so I think it was the algorithm that made it available to me.
In truth, I found it difficult to pull the trigger on a rabbit when I went shooting at night with a friend and couldn't bring myself to kill it.
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I found the obituary (1963) for a Paul Dulias a retired member of Riechbahnrat. Gottfried mentioned his father was in the Riechbahnrat. Some detractors say Gottfried story is BS, I like to remain an optimist. RIP Gottfried.
I totally stand behind his story. See my response to @billyb3616.... Thank you for your comment, and thank you for watching the video. I hope you will subscribe to the channel!
"A few years ago his story took center stage in all the forums of specialists.
The guy gave interviews, even had his photo taken with some of the surviving Experten...
Then it turned out that there is no trace of him in any document. A boaster..."
That pilot was very talented and a gentleman.
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It is always incredible to see these WW2 veterans when they are old. They always are such well mannered, soft spoken guys, properly dressed, which makes it easy to forget how absolutely lethal they were in their machines back in the days.
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Great interview, I just ordered his book.
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Great interview,it's good to hear war history,from the opposition.
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Great story and a wonderful man whose Guardian angel protected him - like mine protected me. I like the fact that he was not a killer like so many others.
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@@AirCombatJournal You're very welcome and thank-you! It just showed up on my UA-cam page so I clicked on it.
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Gottfried was defending military targets my father bombed as a pilot flying a B-24 Liberator. He and my father would have had a wonderful time talking about being one time enemies.
You are so right! A lot of these former enemies became good post-war friends.
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Thanks for the upload. Sadly it seems to be impossible to interview anyone now without annoying stupid music playing over it.
Excellent video. I always have wondered about the off set gunsight and how they would have to lean to the right under G forces/combat maneuvering in order to use it.
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what a great interview
Thank you.
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Great interview , thanks for posting.
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This man’s English is incredible !!
"A few years ago his story took center stage in all the forums of specialists.
The guy gave interviews, even had his photo taken with some of the surviving Experten...
Then it turned out that there is no trace of him in any document. A boaster..."
Whenever people complain about Nazi Germany using slave labour in WW2 or people dying in prison camps, never forget that the Soviets were allies of the the democracies and this man confirms how it was no different on the other side in this regard, but it is conveniently ignored by victors' propaganda. Soviet commissars had zero regard for Russian lives let alone those of the Germans, who were clearly ethnically targeted when the war swung. Their is silence on this matter from 'The West' because it undermines the stock narrative.
Amen
I agree. Look at the Pacific theater. Ever see them Allied POWs ?
Rape, murder, forced comfort girls, medical experiments, chem bio used on civilians.
Few Japanese were held accountable
You never hear about that.
Gee I wonder why
They won
As Solzhenitsn told us, those who conducted the "Russian Revolution" were not Russians. Most of the commissars were not Russians. And most of the soldiers unleashed on Germany and her civilians on the Eastern Front were not Russian either.
this man was a hell of a pilot.....you don't say some tactics as a newbie pilot if you don't have them in your ....blood....impressive
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I have had several comments from people who think Dulias was a fraud. From what I can tell, the only evidence is that his name was not on a roster of pilots from one of his squadrons, and none of the pilots from that squadron who survived into the 2000s when Dulia published his book could remember him. Here are a few things to consider:
1. Many combatants from WWII tended not to get close to a lot of people, as they did not want to have to mourn a close friend. This philosophy was especially true in the bomber groups. I've been to many reunions where people who were friends 40 years later never had a clue their new friends were in the same squadron during the war. I suppose this may have been the same with fighter squadrons, where replacement pilots were many and veteran pilots were few. This would dispel the notion that no remaining veterans of his squadron could remember him.
2. Paperwork such as transfer papers did not always make it to the fronts. My next interview will be Me-109 pilot Horst P., and he tells of his paperwork never catching up to him as he was transferred from the Russian front, to the Western front, and then back to the Russian front. Apparently, this was a normal occurrence during the war in Germany, where the Allies' goal was to disrupt all industry and communication. This is probably why Dulias' name was not on some squadron list. I'm hoping that Horst's interview is not met with the same scrutiny and skepticism as Dulias' was.
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Proving a negative is very difficult - like proving I didn't climb Mt. Everest 10 years ago. Journalists should provide the scrutiny before publishing. Another angle to check is his claim in the book to have shot down a Lt. Browning RAF in his Spitfire. But searching the UK gov't RAF records shows nobody named Browning having served as an RAF pilot in WWII. At least I couldn't find him. Maybe someone else can. Or did the UK lose their records too? There are just too many credibility issues you can find online going back several years. Dulias was a very engaging and warm character. I'd like to believe the pilot part of the story - maybe the rest is true.
@@billyb3616 I truly appreciate your comments, and I am not interested in promoting "posers" or "frauds" on this channel, so I stand with you on this. I believe Dulias is the real deal; otherwise, I would not have posted his story. I met Dulias at the Eden Praire, MN, Flying Cloud Airport's EAA Fly-In and Airshow. The EAA paid his expenses to come in and sit at a table to provide his war stories to whoever would listen. There were a number of other WWII and Korean War veterans at similar tables recounting their wartime experiences. For my part, since the EAA sought out and paid for Dulias to be present as an oral historian, I made the assumption that they had vetted him as a real Me-109 pilot. They had money in the game as well as their good name; they wouldn't put this on the line for a phony pilot.
I would also remind those suspicious of his authenticity that pilots from other countries flew for the RAF early in the war prior to America's entry into WWII. I would suggest checking the rosters of other Allied countries for the "RAF pilot" Lt. Browning. There were several "American Eagle" squadrons in England that were comprised of American pilots, and seven American pilots flew in the Battle of Britain. Perhaps one of these flyers was the mysterious Lt. Browning.
I just did a quick Google search, and it turned up a photo of an RAF pilot named Lt. Gen. F. A. M. Browning who flew from Netheravon in 1942. I take exception with the above statement "But searching the UK gov't RAF records shows nobody named Browning having served as an RAF pilot in WWII." I found a Lt. Gen. Browning in under a minute's time: www.paradata.org.uk/media/10876
I don't have a ton of time to put into this, as I don't feel I need to prove anything. I need someone to prove without a reasonable doubt that Dulias is a fraud. This would be by finding his name on a list of ambulance drivers, or on an aircraft carrier's roster, or some other non-aviation roster during WWII. Until I have this proof his interview stands. I welcome anyone else's comments on this. My next post will be another German Me-109 pilot...
@@AirCombatJournal Thank you for this.
If there is any honour in war this man is a good example. I remember my first ever hunting trip for deer with relatives when I was 8 years old. When they finally found a deer after hunting for a few hours I ruined the trip by screaming out at the deer “Run away” and it did. I can imagine how he felt killing the rabbit.
Not everyone has the killer instinct. Thak you for your insight, 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.
Bellissima storia e bellissima persona. Massimo rispetto per chi si è trovato a combattere ma nonostante tutto non ha perso la propria umanità.
When did this interview take place please?
This was shot in Minneapolis during the Eden Praire Airport Airshow, probably around 2006 -2009. Gottfried was one of the invited guests. He had a table there at the airshow and he talked to guests about his experiences. If you need the specific date, I can dig through my archives to find the original camera masters.
It's really remarkable that this general guy who couldn't even bring himself to kill a Rabbit take care to try to bring down his enemy without killing them.My mom's cousin Flu p forty seven and Told the story of being engaged in a Dog fight with a 109 and about the time he realized he was short of fuel and out of ammunition. He figured he was a goner until the 109 pilot pulled abreast of him pointed down to his fuel Gauge waggled, his wings saluted him and they both went home. In one piece there was a certain amount of honor and integrity with those guys that goes all the way back to World War 1 when they would. Have elaborate funerals for their adversary.
Remarkable personalities.
Honorable Man.
Yes, I believe there still was some chivalry left in the Air War of WWII.
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Outstanding interview. Talk about an interesting life
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@@AirCombatJournal Tell me how do I go about to get his book in South Africa..
@@sniper13143 Try ordering from Amazon Books. Here is the link: www.amazon.com/Another-Bowl-Kapusta-Luftwaffe-W/dp/1418488364
Let me know if this works. My wife and I had the opportunity to spend some time in Capetown and the surrounding area four years ago. You have a beautiful country!
One of my flight instructors drew a little crosshairs with a grease pencil and this was used to accurately aim and position the training plane very easily. Using this method some students could actually get their pilot's license in 37 hours under FAA Part 141 requirements. I later used this same method to teach students and it also transfers well over to instrument flying using the attitude indicator as reference.
When I learned to fly back in the late 70's, my instructor told me to pick a bug on the windscreen and use that as my aiming point when lining up for a landing or flying a straight course (rather than chasing the compass needle.) It worked quite well! Thank you for your comments and thank you for watching. If you don't mind me asking, how did you find this channel? Gottfried's interview has exploded in popularity when compared to my other interviews. I'm still trying to figure out how the analytics work on UA-cam.
Such a informative interview and great insight to a casual fighter day to day.
But I wouldn't bet my life on out diving P-51 with Bf-109...
Over four decades ago I wrote a 26-page research paper on the P-51. What I remember about power dives was that it would porpoise and go out of control at speeds approaching 500 mph. I think there may be some credence to what Dulias said, but like you, I would not bet my life on it! Some of their training tips may have been based on misinformation or hearsay.
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I remember reading through US fighters recollections, describing 109s diving away, only to realise that their all time favourite tactics not working anymore. But my humble expertise isn't as deep as yours obviously.
Pilot skills and willingness to loose all altitude and contact with the group may also play some role🤔
And yes, be sure I just did subscribe😉
Highly inspiring , invaluable for understanding the reality of those byegone days. The third world war will be far more destructive and the survivors will have to cope with a radioactive world. We do not seem to learn anything from the past , as politicians are again beating war drums for personal profit, with out realising that all out war with thousands of nuclear weapons will leave their world in ashes.
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Only 51 commentaries for this superb testimonial… I have no doubt this sweet man is in heaven with the lord that saved his life to bring it to us.
No dobt. He was a very humble man who loved the Lord. Thank you for your comment!
@@AirCombatJournal - Sehr gutes und bewegendes Interview ! - Vielen Dank. - Greetings from Switzerland.
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@@danielaengel3675 Thank you for watching in Switzerland! Visiting your country is on my bucket list. Everyone I know who has been there said there is no place on earth as beautiful.
@@AirCombatJournal - Thank you for your kind feedback.
Yes, many things are good in Switzerland.
In the First and Second World War, our forefathers were able to protect the country and keep the peace.
Our small country was not dragged into the war, which is a great merit of this generation.
Where are you from ?
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First time I hear a (German) pilot say that the BF109 was actually better than the Spitfire as the BF109 enabled him to outmaneuver a more experienced British pilot. I think the battle of Britain was not so much won because of quality of the British aircraft but because the British airplanes didn't had to cover the distance the BF109 had to cover and the British pilots also flew over friendly territory.
Also, downed British flyers over England lived to fight another day in another plane.
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Optimism and faith ...
Those two qualities will take you far!
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Blessed soul.
A lesson to be remembered, especially today, never spare a Russian, or else you will suffer.
Many of us knew, that Germans were in vast majority civilised people during those years, having met many of their veterans.
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@@AirCombatJournal Most welcome. Have already subscribed. Best regards.
Perfect English,
And great at explaining!!!
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Great man!
I think he was just happy he survived to tell about it.
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The intrusive and unnecessary background music detracts from an otherwise excellent interview. Some photographs of the planes mentioned would also have been welcome.
Thank you for your feedback. I have dialed back the music dramatically since I started posting these videos 6 weeks ago based on feedback like yours. Adding music under an interview can augment the emotion if done properly, and I hope I am doing it properly... I have been doing this for 34 years for broadcast, corporate, and agency clients, and I have a Master's degree in Radio/TV/Film. Music also makes it harder for unscrupulous individuals to lift my soundbites and use them on their UA-cam channels.
That's Strange.. In 50 years of reading, I know the the first rule for 109s and 190s pilots was: "In a fight against a P-51 or P-47, NEVER DIVE"..
( The story of his first fight is leaking water from all sides )
Ok... Now a friend sent to me the answer:
"A few years ago his story took center stage in all the forums of specialists.
The guy gave interviews, even had his photo taken with some of the surviving Experten...
Then it turned out that there is no trace of him in any document.
A boaster..."
The german word he uses at 7:44 for the ground loop is "Ringelpiez". "Ringelpiez" is actually a colloquial term for a dance, but is apparently used in aviation terminology for a rotation of the aircraft around the outer end of one of the wings caused by ground contact during take-off or landing.
Thank you for the clarification! I'm wondering if it might also be what we would call a ground loop in a tail dragger.
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This is a great man you interviewed here.The stories about his guardian angel 😇 were fantastic.He has a wealth of knowledge and was so tough the russians couldn't kill him.When you have the protection of GOD,nothing can kill you,and this man is proof of that.
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@@AirCombatJournal ACJ,your videos just started popping up on my feed,and I am so glad it did.What an interview,channel,and the guy behind the scenes.OUTSTANDING.
@@markpaul-ym5wg Thank you MarkPaul! I think the UA-cam algorithm finally latched on to me, which is nice. I’m kind of an older guy, and I’m not real savvy about pushing stuff out on social media. My kids are both visiting for dinner tonight and I’m hoping that one will give me a tutorial on how to push this out on Facebook and Instagram. I have about 210 of these WWII interviews and my goal is to get one out every week. I work full time, however, so sometimes this is tough.
I was out of the country on a video shoot last Thursday to Monday so it set me back of getting Gottfried’s video out.
I’m going to New Orleans this Thursday to celebrate with my wife as she gets a national award (Humanitarian of the Year) from a professional organization, so I’ll miss out on my normal production time. I’ll try to get the next one out by next Thursday.
While in New Orleans, I’m hoping to make contact with a curator from the WWII Museum to see if I can get some promotion through them.
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Your most welcome ACJ.I had 5 uncles who fought in WW2.One was captured on the 7th of june 44,and sent to dresden.
@@markpaul-ym5wg I hope the uncle sent to Dresden survived the fire bombings. I also hope your uncles shared some of their experiences with you. It's amazing how many of these WWII vets took their stories to the grave. Thank. your of your comments.
This must be the best prisoner of war testimony I've ever heard/ His experience as a captive and steadfast faith in Jesus Christ
His faith served him well. A great lesson for all of us!
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Just terrific boys
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The Yungman and the Yungmeister both ruled. Controls in roller bearings.
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A gentleman caught in the middle of another non sense war..
Fortunately, he survived. Many were not so lucky. Thank you for watching and commenting.
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Super
Great interview. I recommend reading Adolf Galland’s book about the luftwaffe. Really interesting book
Are you referring to his book "The First and the Last"? This was the first book I bought that gave the German perspective of the WWII air war. He truly was an awesome man. In 1995 he was going to be one of the hosts of a WWII D-Day tour in France, and I desperately wanted to go, but I was getting married in 6 months, and my wife was a bit frazzled about me being gone for two weeks while we were making all of our wedding plans. I still regret not going, but I made the right choice. We are still happily married for 29 years now. Thank you for watching the video, and Thank you for your comment! I hope you will subscribe if you haven't already done so.
Stalin treated his own people with the same brutality. Stalin was a sadist, he had the wives of Politburo members arrested and sent to gulags.
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A salute to all the German heroes which fought to save the world from Bolshevism only to be stabbed in the back by the "allies". Had the allies fought on the right side, Bolshevism would have died in 1943. Patton knew this and they murdered him in 1945. I met General Galland just before he passed on and it was such an honor. A hero and a gentleman. He speaks the truth in his interviews. Horrido!
I had the opportunity to go on a WWII European tour in 1995 hosted by Adolf Galland. Unfortunately (or fortunately) I was getting married shortly after the tour dates, and I elected not to go, as my bride-to-be was frazzled with wedding plans. While I am still married to the same bride, I regret not meeting Galland.
McArthur also wanted to press on against the Russians after the war, but Eisenhower had a belly full of war and didn't think the Americans could stand a continuation of the war. And that's why we're still dealing with the Russians as a superpower today... Thank you for your comments!
yes i have made similar comments the should have followed general Patton advice he wanted to take out the russians in 1945 look at the mess we got now because he was not listen to.
Почему он должен был попасть в плен к американцам????????.
.. американцы не воевали а занимались грабежами и марадерством военнопленных немцев после того как русские их победили
@@AirCombatJournal That would have been a bloodbath, anyone who think that they'd be able to march to Moscow is completely and utterly deranged. This is the same army (the red arm that is) that utterly decimated 2/3 or the German army on the eastern front.
German heroes are those who opposed Hitler, Rommel and company….
This video was recommended to me by a group of friends. I'm sorry to read in the comments that it might not be true. I hope that the truth will be found.
I believe in my heart the story is absolutely true. In our off-camera moments, he had many more details that would have been difficult to fabricate. He also had all his correspondence between him and his parents while he was imprisoned in Russia. While this would have been possible to re-create, it would have been a lot of work, including forging all the postal marks. And the big question is why? Why pass yourself off as a WWII pilot? Why not make yourself a Colonel or General? Why not have a much more flamboyant story with three times as many victories? I am convinced Dulias was the real deal.
This must have been the quality of soul that helped that crippled B-17 crew to go back across the channel when a 109 pilot flew formation for a while and escorted them in the correct direction. I forgot that pilots name.
You are referring to the book "A Higher Calling." This was the story of Me-109 pilot Franz Stigler, who let a badly wounded B-17 return to England. Great story! Thank you for watching, and thank you for your comment! Please subscribe if you haven't done so already.
Magnificent storyteller, but nothing adds up, as far as him being a Me109 fighter pilot. No names, places, dates, no Gottfried Dulias on a list of german WW2 pilots, no Lt. Fred Browning, no operational Ratas in soviet service in 1944. Add to it shooting the wire and a running rabbit at 150 m with 'a precise' 1936 Mauser, saluting parachuting pilot, oh boy, he knows how to weave the story. Congrats, Air Combat Journal!
I'm afraid you are right. The online WWII era photo of him titled Leutnant Dulias shows a man in a junior enlisted Luftwaffe uniform. When he wrote his book about 20 years ago, the warbird community researched him and generally concluded that he was making it up. His book has very little about squadron activity, or names. Mostly about his childhood. He was in the Luftwaffe, but most likely not a pilot.
What a wonderful humane guy with who hated the idea of killing i wish there were a lot more people like him both in and out wars and uniforms, society where ever possible should have highest respect for life and living things similar to the philosophy of the buddha religion, a truly wonderful man that i feel great empathy with God bless him and positive outlook and guardian angel.
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A Rata in march 1945? I thought these old birds had been withdrawn of active duty by end of 43.
amazing story.
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Nice to hear some unvarnished truth.
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Very interesting!
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amazing man
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My Uncle was captured in the Bludge by Germans
I think he wound up in Hungary pow.
One scuttle of coal of a week.For a barracks.
Worked in a rock quarry at some point.
Very little food/soup.
Allowed to keep his New Testament/nothing else.
Whipped severely for attempting escape.
30 year old.
Weldon Kennamer.
Passed away in 1965
Heart Attack.
He finally got a 10% disability.
His back was hurt bad before his capture.
He signed German papers/stating his health.
If u weren't healthy you might dissappear.
At the end of the war, conditions were harsh but only 1% of Anglo-American POWs died in German captivity, and that was from wounds.
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This guy make war sound like fun🙁
Respect
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A valuable study for anyone who doubt's the existence of God. What a good soul.
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What an irony of German soldiers being transported in tightly packed trains like the Jews had been transported to the death camps. When he was being overworked, he was put in a hospital instead of being shot and put in a crematorium.
I suppose they could not shoot him in the work camp as he was no longer a prisoner of war (the war was over.) He was lucky to have survived at all.
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Nice guy... funny how he now pronounced the German "Br" in words like "Brett" or "Brot" with an englisch accent 🙂
Also interesting, that, in his opinion, the 109 was more maneuverable than the Spitfire. Not a very common view and most likely not true
The 109 models were generally faster compared to contemporary Spits, maybe better in climb but far worse in turning. A 109 could win an energy fight but never a close turning dogfight or vice versa. If the pilots would stick to his planes envelope, given same pilot skill, "same" plane condition, comparable plane version (109 E/F/G/K vs. mk V, VIII, IX...) - it would most likely be a draw until someone makes an error (or got caught by surprise like with kill #2)
So I guess Fred Browning from London made a mistake and it was not the Spitfires fault ;-)
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My brother is on a D-Day tour in France right now, and they were supposed to be treated to a mock dogfight between a Spit and an ME-109 today. Unfortunately, a Spitfire was involved in a fatal crash just last week, and all Spitfires have been grounded in England while they do their post-crash evaluations.
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Wow.
The good Lord is good.
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What a wonderful man. His English is superb. I'm saddened that he had been captured by the Barbarians (Russians) and then brutally mistreated. Something like 90% never returned home!
To be fair I don't think the Russians had any empathy for anyone wearing a German uniform after the atrocities commited by them during Operation Barbarossa.
According to Dulias, 99% didn't come home from the labor camps. A sad statistic... Thank you for watching, and thank you for your comment! Please subscribe if you haven't done so already.
Amazing his brain survived
And his memory!
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Warum kein deutscher Untertitel?
Ich werde das prüfen. Ich arbeite Vollzeit und die Produktion jedes Programms dauert etwa 15 Stunden. Das Hinzufügen deutscher Untertitel würde diesen Prozess um mehrere Stunden verlängern. Außerdem habe ich kein Budget, um einen Dienst für Untertitel zu bezahlen. Vielleicht kann ich Untertitel hinzufügen, wenn ich diesen Kanal monetarisiert habe. Vielen Dank für Ihr Feedback und ich freue mich, dass Sie meinen Kanal gefunden haben. Ich bin deutscher Abstammung und meine Mutter hat bis zu ihrem fünften Lebensjahr Deutsch gesprochen.
@@AirCombatJournal Für automatische Untertitel kann ich Davinci Resolve empfehlen. Funktioniert großartig in vielen Sprachen.
Is this guy for real ? Great story
This guy is for real. He was a great and humble man. Than you for your comment.
Yes, he and his wife immigrated to America and settled in New York state, and I think he was an apartment manager but I'm not certain. I'll check his book and get back to you. Thank you for watching!
IJN Ace Honda Minoru clàimed to be the worst shot in his flight school. He would get to under 50 meters before shooting
At 50 meters you couldn't miss! Thank you for watching, and thank you for your comment. I hope you will check out some of my other interviews, and that you will subscribe to this channel if you haven't already done so.
Do we know what happened to Lt. Fred Browning from London?
Don't forget what the Russians did to POW's during and after the war.. They ran death camps. Modern Russia is still the same people and values.
They kept him untill 1947.. after the war.. others longer.
I don't know anything about Browning. I concur with your observations regarding Russia. Thank you for watching, and thank you for your comment. I hope you will check out some of my other interviews, and that you will subscribe to this channel if you haven't already done so.
The commentator sounds like he is speaking thru a used toilet paper roll...really annoying. Salute to the German Ace.
The toilet paper roll effect will be gone starting with Part 2 of Horst Petzschler's interview. Thank you for watching, and thank you for your comment. I hope you will check out some of my other interviews, and that you will subscribe to this channel if you haven't already done so.
Self discipline is the key to living 😅
ACJ, suggest a little research into Herr Dulias, and if you can find a single bit of objective evidence of him having been a Luftwaffe fighter pilot (I have failed to do so) then keep the video up. Otherwise....
I suppose one fact of his story that would be hard to dispute is his letters to and from the Russian work camp. It would have been a LOT of work to create the letters, and then forge all the appropriate postal marks. Also, if he were a fraud, wouldn't he have inflated his record of aerial victories and maybe his rank? Also, what about the multiple photos of him in a Luftwaffe uniform, or with other Luftwaffe pilots, or next to Luftwaffe aircraft? Many of the photos I am referring to are in his book. Can you provide objective proof that he was not an Me-109 pilot? Just because he was not listed on a roster of names for a fighter squadron does not mean he wasn't there. Records keeping was not like it is today. Everything was created by hand and delivered by hand. There was a war going on, and the Allies were doing everything they could to disrupt German communications, which would have included the mail service and records keeping. I need more evidence than this. My next interviewee is another Me-109 pilot, and he tells of how some of his paperwork did not follow him to his assigned squadron. He went from the Eastern front, to the Western front, and back to the Eastern front. This loss of papers was probably a common occurrence.
I did interview one true fraud: a ball turret gunner who was too scared to get into the turret when going into combat. He lied about surviving a midair collision, and I know something was strange about his perspective. It lacked all emotion or detail. He also refused to be interviewed alone. He insisted on being interviewed along with his pilot. The pilot most likely caused the midair collision, and after the collision, all the crew refused to fly with him. Both men were considered radioactive by the crew. That is why they clung together at this bomber reunion. I got the straight story from the copilot of the crew. I KNEW there was something odd about t the interview.
I did not have this same feeling when interviewing Dulias.
I do appreciate your comment. I cannot vett every veteran I interview. Each person will have to decide for himself or herself if the interviews are legitimate. I would not have posted the interview if I believed Dulia was a fraud. Someone will need to get me concrete objective evidence that he was not a fraud for me to pull his interview down.
Thank you for your comment, and thank you for watching the video. I hope this one interview does not taint your perspective of any of my other interviews.
@@AirCombatJournal Thank you.
Of cource the Geneva convention didnt mean a thing to them thhey never joined.
Yes, this was unfortunate for many POWs. Thank you for watching, and thank you for your comment. I hope you will check out some of my other interviews, and that you will subscribe to this channel if you haven't already done so.