I'm sure many of you will be familiar with this true story of moving gallantry on the part of a Luftwaffe pilot, towards the crew (most badly injured) of a stricken American plane over Germany during WWII, but for those who haven't, here it is:
http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/showthread.php?t=105373At the link to interviews with Franz Stigler just below the text, I particularly loved this bit by Stigler:
"He also said that Marseille was a superb pilot and got kills using only 4 cannon rounds(he knew him while fighting in North Africa). Marseille was also a bit of a rebel and not real soldier material."
It all reminds me of Doenitz trying to explain to Hitler that you couldn't ask "crack" troops, i.e. the U-Boat crews, to shoot at women and children who had just survived torpedo attacks. Alas, An Allied plane shot a surfaced U-boat trying to help such survivors, and Hitler's wish prevailed.
I'd better stop here. I'm beginning to sound pro-Nazi, which couldn't be further from the truth. I could probably recite the commentaries on Kursk and Pomarevka in the cable films of those battles, word for word. I never tire of watching them.