Found this,….. Me being a bit of a WW2 history enthusiast it appealed to me, so I just thought I’d share it with anybody with the same kind of interests…..and it’s a nice story for Christmas.
Yes I like true stories like that to 
Just in case anyone has any doubts about the authenticity of the story.
Nah nobody on here checks for if anything is factual .
(Tbh it did cross my mind it may just be a yarn 
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There was a similar encounter at night during the disastrous RAF raid on Nuremburg during which 96 RAF bombers were shot down. Helmut Schulte of II/NJG 5 had joined the bomber stream on its route to Nuremberg and had already shot down four RAF aircraft that night when he encountered a 115 Squadron Lancaster flown by Warrant Officer Howard Hemming on it way home. His 1st attack came to nothing because his upward firing guns had jammed and he had forgotten to arm his forward facing guns. As soon as he got into position again the Lancaster started corkscrewing. Schulte followed for five minutes and, when the Lancaster settled on a steady course again, he took up position behind the bomber,
“at first, he didn’t object to this formation flying and he must have been watching me as I got into position again. As soon as I opened fire he dived away and my shells passed over him. I thought that this chap must have nerves of steel: he had watched me formate on him and had then dived just at the right time. He had been through as much as I had - we had both been to Nuremburg thay night- so I decided that was enough> I would like that pilot to know that I deliberately leyt him go.”
The tail gunner responsible for directing the corkscrewing was Sgt John Carter. The gunners had deliberately not fired, relying on evasion and escape into the dark.
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