It's just a remarkable episode in the war, Tink, ty for posting.
Other thoughts -- all that going on so close to the end of the war, such courage and enterprise for the Fatherland. Second thought, all this going on unbeknownst to me at the time, busy as I was being a baby only 2 1/2 months old.
He lived until 2010, died 88 years old, I hope his life was peaceful and content, such a brave man.