Photo shows Ed Cottrell, 101, an ex-fighter pilot from North Carolina, USA, and Karl-Heinz Bosse, 98, a fighter pilot from Thuringia, undated. The two World War II pilots met for the first time near Bonn, Germany, where Karl-Heinz Bosse was shot down by US planes on December 17, 1944. (@therifle_/CEN)
American Fighter Pilot Meets German Airman 79 Years After Both Their Aircraft Were Shot On Same Day
A 101-year-old American fighter pilot has met a 98-year-old German airman 79 years after they were both shot at on the same day during World War II. Ed Cottrell, from…