A remarkable story that shows the human side of war.

We have here at HARS Franz Stiglers personal Me 108 (Noord 1009) which he flew after the war in Canada and which is painted up in the colour scheme of his Me 109 when he encountered B17 Ye Old Pub over Germany

http://hars.org.au/messerschmitt-108-nord-1002/:

And another terrific summary of the story here:

http://www.flyingcarrot.com/Brown%20And%20Stigler.htm

Summary of our aircraft here with excellent photo:

http://1000aircraftphotos.com/MilitaryProp/MesserschmittBf108.htm

Many thanks Baj for posting the extra information on a fascinating story..

A remarkable story of a stricken B17 fighting to stay in the air, that looked to be at its end as it was about to be finished of by a luftwaffe fighter.

The video halfway down the page adds to this Great story..

http://jalopnik.com/5971023/why-a-german-pilot-escorted-an-american-bomber-to-safety-during-world-war-ii

We have here at HARS Franz Stiglers personal Me 108 (Noord 1009) which he flew after the war in Canada and which is painted up in the colour scheme of his Me 109 when he encountered B17 Ye Old Pub over Germany

http://hars.org.au/messerschmitt-108-nord-1002/:

And another terrific summary of the story here:

http://www.flyingcarrot.com/Brown%20And%20Stigler.htm

Summary of our aircraft here with excellent photo:

http://1000aircraftphotos.com/MilitaryProp/MesserschmittBf108.htm

I have read it before, the thing that always stunned me was

By the war’s end, he was one of only about 1,300 surviving Luftwaffe pilots. Some 28,000 had served.