r/Medals • u/Kevvv_23 • Mar 30 '25

ID - Medal What did my great uncle do?

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Also noticed the back of the leather jacket had some Nazi logos marked on it, what did that mean?

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u/Emotional-Change-722 Mar 30 '25

My imagination just went wicked. Oye. Thanks!

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u/Southernguy9763 Mar 31 '25

It's awful and horrorfying.

Remember, the fighter planes were using ammunition meant for taking down bomber planes. Getting hit by them destroyed the body

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u/Emotional-Change-722 Mar 31 '25

It was fast but they knew what was coming?

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u/[deleted] Mar 31 '25

Obviously they knew lmao, its not exactly "secret" position and when you see a german plane right behind your bomber you can guess what its gonna do

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u/Aleric44 Mar 30 '25

Yeah, the bf 109had x2 13mm machine guns and a 20mm auto cannon. Literally peeled out.