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Josef Schärmer

Do not worry, I'm from the air
interviewer:
Ruth Deutschmann
photography:
Benjamin Epp
copyright location:
Zirl
English translation by:
Sylvia Manning - Baumgartner
event
[1944-04-19] Air war - end Last large air raid of German fliers on London - that break sovereignty in the air - special attack targets of the allied ones thereupon from air Rüstungsbetriebe and firing places of the V1 and V2 are special. With the retreat columns of the armed forces low fliers without chance on Gegenwehr saw themselves suspended.
place of recording
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1945
transcription:
And we should blow up near Ulm a motorway bridge. Explosives instead of a parachute - we are sitting on explosives. And: "Yes, we do, we do." Then we started - bad weather was. We are flown in, as I said at the time: ". You, we blow up two nothing" .. And in my childish arrogance I knew from Augsburg - Ulm is the highway, or along the highway such a standby link, where you could land. I say: "I land there," he was from Stuttgart, "You jump out, I start again and fly away." On the power! Because we are in, then I turned on Inzing a few laps of honor, I dropped my cap. Previously I've put into it a photo and have since written to the parents: "Do not worry, I'll be once again at home." And - up there in Seefeld, we have already had the first attack. Since it has - rattled that one has to hear very well. Here, the airspeed indicator is down. That was irrelevant. But I've then gone, because it was snowing and stuff. We are then released on Bad Tolz, were immediately fired upon and then are flying low on. And there we were again under fire, and since we have been shot down. And normal, normally it would have been fatal. It was low over the forest, perhaps - ten feet above the treetops, not more. And suddenly the engine stopped. Then - it flew along with the guardian angel. Left Front is doing a saving on - there's the forest was cut down, and then again trees stood, perhaps, say, then half a meter to one meter. have been yes, 200 feet long, it can - the protection was perhaps as 20 to 30 meters wide and. Since I made a belly landing - everything works perfectly. Only the man behind - I said: "Watch out now!" - Who has met with the head on the dashboard and was unconscious. I jump, had a backpack, where the most necessary was inside. And for a moment I thought: "Should I run in the forest?" I have known about me in the area. So, I would come home. "Or should I stay here?" Back and forth. The comradely side has won. I stayed there and then they hergeschossen - and ultimately was captured.