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re: Old video of a WWII fighter pilot explaining why you didn't shoot parachuting airmen

Posted on 1/20/26 at 9:47 am to Lonnie Utah
Posted by MidWestGuy
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Posted on 1/20/26 at 9:47 am to Lonnie Utah
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The Geneva Conventions speaks to this.

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Under international law (Geneva Conventions Protocol I), it's a war crime to attack pilots/aircrew parachuting from a damaged aircraft ("in distress"), as they are hors de combat (out of the fight) and must be given a chance to surrender; however, this protection doesn't apply to airborne troops (paratroopers) on an active attack mission, who a classified as enemy combatants and remain legitimate targets during descent.
Seems to me, this would only apply if the guy was parachuting over your land (their enemy's land). In that case, they would have the opportunity to surrender. But if they were over their own land, they wouldn't be in a position to surrender, and they could live to fight another day. Why not take them out?
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