Stuka pilot in North Africa: Hans Deibl 1

Hans Deibl was a Stuka pilot during ww2 in North Africa. He lives in Austria. This year he visited South Africa to meet his former enemy, Cecil Golding, who shot Hans down in June 1942 during the battle of Bir Hacheim. While Hans was here I filmed the interview.
Hans' web site: cecilgolding.yolasite.com/hans...
Thank you Hans for this nice interview and also Cordelie for establishing the contacts with Hans!

[@TinusleRouxRSA]

The SAAF pilot that shot him down was also shot down and they met in the ambulance that took them to Tobruk. It was in the ambulance that they became "friends"

[@wolfganggugelweith8760]

What did they do with all the young men. I am Austrian 🇦🇹🏔 and my father was forced to join the German army 1942. He was a very young man and he managed to survive in the 144. Mountain Ranger Division. He became many times heavily wounded and at the end he became a POW in Ex-Yugoslavia. What a mare dream being a POW in the hands of the Serbians. 1949 he came back traumatized but he could get back to his job he learned in a ship building company. This generation was hardened like steel. I learned so much from him in so many ways and I am so glad that I had such a father. Greetings from Austria 🇦🇹🏔⛷🍺🥨🌻🛶🐺EUROPE!

[@pepinlebref6091]

For a Wehrmacht soldier the war in Yugoslavia was a hell. Even in USSR was better.Wish You Merry Christmas.

[@wolfganggugelweith8760]

@@pepinlebref6091 Thank You! Happy Christmas too! I always thank good, that I could grow up under so peaceful circumstances!

[@rehaal07]

Thanks for sharing ur fathers story! God bless him

[@pepinlebref6091]

​@Friedrich Hegel Les Volksdeutschers manipulés par la propagande nazi se sont trouvées au mauvais moment au mauvais endroit en prenant les mauvaises décisions. Personne ne les obligeait de adhérer aux idées raciales. Leur fils en s'engageant volontairement dans les groupes SS pour combattre les partisans et ont commis des abominables crimes de guerre. L'histoire est faite ainsi: les victimes sont devenue victimes car ont fait des victimes. Malheuresement ils ont chère payées les erreurs cosmises.

[@bigskytheroy7016]

Thanks Hans for telling us your story.

[@RemusKingOfRome]

Great to see these interviews before they pass on.

[@MothaLuva]

He gave me copies of the story of him and the SAAF pilot and an old book, WW II vintage, about Stukas. On the day he was shot down, H.J. Marseille was flying fighter cover...Hans told me that his gunner was immediately killed, but he manged to bail out. He also told me a nice story, where he had to fly a battle damaged Stuka back to Austria for repair...the aircraft had a damaged wing and tended to always pull to that side during the flight, which annoyed him after a while so Hans used his flying scarf, wrapped it around the stick and around his neck and used this as a sort of "autopilot" to relieve his tiring arms...:-)

[@suliengriffiths2982]

‘

[@michi386]

great!!, just love these interviews!! greetings from austria ;)

[@johnktm620]

salute from greece. great man!

[@bergssprangare]

What's good with Nazi that killed soldiers that fought for your shitty freedom.. from above in a desert.

[@malboro555]

@@bergssprangareRemember all nazis were germans, they try to falsify history.

[@manuelmartin1245]

how old are you? you are so uneducated simplifying history go and take your medication

[@MothaLuva]

There is a short note of Hans´ being shot down in the book "Luftkampf ziwischen Sand und Sonne" from Christopher Shores, Motorbuch Verlag. I don´t know the english title, but it surely can be found on the net.

[@comicmania2008]

What a lovely humble man! I'm so glad he survived the war.

[@toniborg1287]

where are you from? tell us your history...

[@comicmania2008]

@@toniborg1287 Hi, I am from Lincolnshire England. My Dad was in the British infantry during WW2, where he fought in both N Africa, France and Holland, took part in the D-Day landings, survived without harm, but died in 2006. I served in the RAF as ground crew '79-'88, based in Germany for 3 years at RAF Gutersloh. Have fond memories of German people old and young. This man in the video somewhat reminded me of my own Father. In another world, they could have been Brothers. Peace to you.

[@ohnoitsthefuzz]

Firstly, this was a really neat interview, and thank you for publishing it. Secondly, if you haven't used the closed captioning, watch it again with CC on. Now. It's awesome, especially the parts in German. With the volume low, I could just make out in the newsreel something like, "Englische Kampfwagen..blah blah...Englische Flakfeuer", which the CC rendered as, "Folks I'm gift of in the last couple outings! And often from togo, use his truck file! On phones, and propped up, and been seen our guys think I'm come often and Monday!" I really shouldn't stay up so late watching this stuff, but the image in my head of Joseph Goebbels shouting nonsense like that makes the Nazi war machine seem less threatening and more like someone who just had a stroke, lol.

[@miel1074]

For me, the staccato "Englishe flakfeur" etc... always makes me want to shout back: "Englishe flakfeur?!... Oh mein Gott! Kall ze police!!! The Englishe DARE to fire their flakfeur on a plane of the Führer!!"

[@williamlebotschy2729]

No different to the British Pathe news. All the same propaganda.

[@ag2938]

Ein sehr feiner und tapferer älterer Herr, der in seiner Jugend viel aufregendes und gefährliches erlebt hat, schade das der Beitrag nicht auf deutsche gesendet wird.

[@vonwillful]

Amazing. Thank you.

[@tessaleroux7725]

Bless him. Salute and Respect. The most highly trained pilots ever

[@toniborg1287]

great interview... respect from Brazil...

[@fliegeroh]

To think that 40 or 50 years later, you could rub shoulders in a bakery with a little old man who seemed harmless and lovable not knowing of his wartime exploits. RIP Hans and God bless you.

[@azcop2]

What happened to the rear gunner?

[@MothaLuva]

I used to collect German Air Force stuff from WW II and I met Hans under funny circumstances. I once had a charter flight to, I think, Heraklion and some guys wanted to visit the cockpit...so I happend to meet his daughter(?) who gave me his phone number and then I arranged a meet, Hans came to my place to visit my collection. That was about 20 years ago. Unfortunately I lost the contact data shortly afterwards.I hope he´s still alive.

[@TinusleRouxRSA]

Only saw your comment now: yes Hans is still around and in good health!

[@MothaLuva]

Man, thats great! He must be in his 90ies now. Great guy! Any chance to contact him?

[@malboro555]

I hope not. You are mad if you glorify german murderer.

[@fixihartmann6189]

@@malboro555 fugg off all nation did war crimes. But for sure not a pilot in Afrika

[@malboro555]

@@fixihartmann6189 Which nation by the way started both world war and introduced concentration camps? Germany isn't it ?

[@dufreversi42]

He looks young at his age.

[@freakyflow]

I hope you do more interviews there's not many around the world left to share..My dad use to go to a vets hospatial there i would talk to some of the vets as a kid i use to see one walking the floors checking all the doors to see if they were locked and he would try to lock them Found out later he was a MP at a airforce base in England and thats what he did on base another poor man use to scream if he was bathed had to be showered only..Ship sunk of the coast of Canada

[@cabre4]

Memories of was, memories from war... We don't know exlactly what they saw...

[@234cheech]

thanks

[@tessaleroux7725]

Bless you. salute and Respect

[@stephenhowlett6345]

It's so silly , we try and kill each other but then we treat the enemy wounded with the same compassion as if they were our own. I think this probably happened on both sides though there were many instances of just being left or shot but the ordinary soldier oddly never really hated the enemy ordinary soldier.

[@gabrielcalin4238]

Stephen Howlett you are so right

[@dr.barrycohn5461]

You are very wrong about the enemy not really hating each other.

[@CESARRAMIREZSANCHEZ]

Excelentes reportajes. (Y)

[@camlinhall1363]

A precious direct witness of history. Priceless.

[@wimweender1306]

wunderbar !

[@jamesgreeley8011]

Is he still alive?

[@max98schnelle20]

Jo interessante sache..

[@bigGaza1]

Both sides were Brave Noble Worriers, The last of the Old School Warriors, The last Noble Generation.

[@malboro555]

Not Stuka pilots. They were bombing and shooting innocent civilians

[@bosskanova685]

malboro555 so was everybody else.

[@nickmcmahon623]

bigGaza1 nothing noble about the nazis or Russians

[@paulw176]

i wonder how many 5 year old kids he blew to bits in France?

[@torbendinesen7121]

What nonsense to write, war is war, there is nothing sentimental in war neither then nor today, dry your eyes and wake up.

[@stefanieg7307]

Thanks from the ahnen of kg 53 legion condor

[@StyrbjornStarke]

Awesome that you uploaded new german interviews, try and get more too

[@Skandalos]

abfangen = intercept

[@royalanania3306]

I always wondered what went through the minds of the Stuka pilots,they delivered alot of destruction,but also new they were sitting ducks. Takes a special person to execute that.

[@CLEM4135]

I haven't seen pics of Stuka pilots wearing oxygen. Does anyone know if they did? Seems they didn't have to fly high enough to need them

[@FighterGlory]

He had a lot of courage!

[@Safarali1979]

God bless you.

[@KB-zq9ck]

Most say the Stuka is a ugly plane. I beg to differ, the Stuka is a beautiful airplane. I just love the Stuka, and wish a search and destroy wasn't ordered after the war. I think they are just wonderful planes with an ascetic beauty no other plane has ever had.

[@bosskanova685]

Idk if it’s original or not but my local museum has a Stuka hanging with all its original markings. She’s beautiful. The silhouette of the Stuka reminds me of the luftwafge eagle, the wings bent like a bird’s, and the wheels locked in place looked like the talons of a bird trying to pick up prey. Totally agree. Menacingly beautiful machine.

[@wolfganggugelweith8760]

In the USA they rebuild now a Stuka from original parts from all over the world. I think in one or two years this Stuka will fly. Greetings from Austria 🇦🇹🏔⛷🌻🍺🥨🛶👍😺🐺 Europe!

[@robertnortan87]

I see the Stuka as a flying panzer and was used so, from Guernica to the battle of France and soldiers were so glad when they managed shooting one of these flying bastards cos their ways, with hurling sirens against civilians too was of real terrorists.

[@marcielljoachim5251]

respect for national defend army

[@kettekettekette]

hätte es gerne zu Ende geguckt aber ich versteh kein Englisch

[@ladygodiva9461]

Ich nicht viel 😏🤷‍♀️

[@CT-421X]

Great grandpa nice great :)

[@Dutchhero2]

Looking awesome mate, btw I send you a PM. :)

[@gwenstefani2211]

Bitte in Deutsch...

[@patriciabracken7546]

Hans danka

[@giandarc]

Whatever army they fought with, honor to the enthusiast pilots and veterans.

[@LucasSoares-mh2nz]

Weu gafa ywo qias yerk bomb tye osnt wyd

[@schnuffschneuzersson7243]

My grandpa was a stuka pilot. If you need informTion i am there

[@malboro555]

Nothing proud to be a grand son of german nazi civilians murderer.

[@2566Conan]

@@malboro555 You absolute ignorant fuckwit, because he was a Luftwaffe pilot, do not assume that he was a Nazi. Many members of the Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, and werhmacht were not Nazi party members. Talk about bombing civilians, both the US and British bomber forces carpet bombed many cities, Dresden and Cologne are just 2, where the civilian loss of life was horrendous, niether if these 2 cities had valuable military targets within their boundaries. How about you grow a brain and show some class.

[@nickmcmahon623]

2566Conan you’re the fuckwit you nazi apologist. Wanker.

[@rehaal07]

@@nickmcmahon623 And ur a snowflake

[@timmyotoole1010]

⚫⚪⚡❤️💐

[@markohynninen2553]

Best pilots in ww2 after Finlands pilots ; )

[@cop-killer-]

...

[@markohynninen2553]

Krauty McLederhosen 100% TRUE.

[@malboro555]

Ha,ha Finnish pilots best in in WW2 - good joke .You drink too much Finlandia vodka

[@manuelmartin1245]

@@malboro555 and you smoke too much, you are apparently braindead

[@malboro555]

@@manuelmartin1245 I don't smoke and when comes to brain my is quite bright, but you have vacuum between your ears and 0 knowledge about history.

[@renatovonschumacher3511]

Deutsch bitte und Englisch übersetzen

[@roterbaron6862]

Bitte auf Deutsch 😑

[@axelschweiss9827]

Ich schätzte und bewunderte Herrn Hans Deibl sehr , als Mensch und persönlichkeit , es ist nur leider unerträglich diese Doku zu schauen , warum muss man einen verdienten Österreicher seine lebensgeschichte auf englisch erzählen lassen ?? einfach nur schwachsinn !!

[@TinusleRouxRSA]

He was a guest at my house and he offered to do the interview in English as I do not understand German.

[@axelschweiss9827]

@@TinusleRouxRSA egal , er ist jetzt leider tot und soll in frieden ruhen !!

[@TinusleRouxRSA]

@@axelschweiss9827 There was made a TV documentary in Austria where Hans was also interviewed. Maybe I can find link and send to you. It was called (in German) "They called us heroes"

[@axelschweiss9827]

@@TinusleRouxRSA he was my principal in elementary school and i also adored him as a person very much , there should be more people like him !! Best regards