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= November 30 =

What films / shows / videos show downed German pilots getting captured?
When I watched Battle of Britain (film) on a two-hour YouTube vid, I only saw two scenes of captured Jerry. That didn't satisfy me nearly as much as I had hoped it would.

I've tried to find more footage of German pilots parachuting straight onto Allied lands and getting captured by patrols and locals, but to no avail. May you please help locate some more for me? I'd like more than enough to actually satisfy my curiosities.

Also, they can be more than just German. If I see downed Italian and Japanese pilots getting captured, that will satisfy me quite the same. Watching any Axis pilot getting captured would do well for me. Thanks for your help. --70.179.167.78 (talk) 07:33, 30 November 2012 (UTC)


 * If I recall correctly, there is a scene in Hope and Glory (1987). A German pilot is arrested by the local policeman with the aid of his truncheon. Alansplodge (talk) 11:12, 30 November 2012 (UTC)


 * An episode of Dad's Army was devoted to such a capture. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 84.21.143.150 (talk) 14:01, 30 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Several episodes in fact; The Enemy Within the Gates (first shown 28 August 1968), The Lion Has Phones (25 September 1969), Man Hunt (27 November 1969), Time on My Hands (29 December 1972) and finally Come in, Your Time is Up (10 July 1975). Source: List of Dad's Army episodes. Although the scenarios are more concerned with comic effect than historical accuracy (one downed pilot is found suspended from the hands of the town hall clock), the uniforms and equipment are faithfully reproduced. Alansplodge (talk) 16:08, 30 November 2012 (UTC)


 * The One That Got Away? (I haven't seen it) —Tamfang (talk) 18:37, 30 November 2012 (UTC)

The Machine Gunners was made into a TV series in the UK Click here.46.208.59.151 (talk) 19:59, 30 November 2012 (UTC)


 * Bogie and his bunch capture Luftwaffe pilot Captain von Schletow after shooting him down in Sahara (1943), but I don't recall if that was onscreen or off. Clarityfiend (talk) 22:41, 30 November 2012 (UTC)


 * Thanks kindly for the plentiful responses. Now in order to save time and get right to the capture scenes, would anyone happen to know the time-stamps to skip right to? Thanks again. --70.179.167.78 (talk) 05:06, 3 December 2012 (UTC)