Is it war crime to shoot down red cross marked plane?

[il2crashesnfails]

So I was minding my own business then someone did this!

what was the international law in ww2 regarding red cross marked aircraft

 

 

[Ala13_pienoir]

shoot down

[BubiHUN]

The Conventions of Genova contains much more information about this subject, and yes, it forbids to shoot down people with the Red Cross markings, doing any harm to them.
This is true for any vehicle.

[il2crashesnfails]

Just now, -[HRAF]BubiHUN said:

The Conventions of Genova contains much more information about this subject, and yes, it forbids to shoot down people with the Red Cross markings, doing any harm to them.
This is true for any vehicle.

 

I always thought that was the case. Do you know if these rules were followed

[BubiHUN]

1 minute ago, il2crashesnfails said:

 

I always thought that was the case. Do you know if these rules were followed

Yes, of course, in many cases, and in many wars. 

Edited December 23, 2018 by -[HRAF]BubiHUN

[Cybermat47]

3 minutes ago, -[HRAF]BubiHUN said:

Yes, of course, in many cases, and in many wars. 

 

And of course, there are also cases of the rules not being followed as well.

[ZachariasX]

8 minutes ago, Pb_Cybermat47 said:

And of course, there are also cases of the rules not being followed as well.

It's about the last rule not  to be followed anymore.

[unreasonable]

They only gain immunity under the current Geneva conventions if they themselves are following certain rules. For instance, Red Cross marked vehicles and planes may not carry unwounded combatants or munitions.  So if pilots had good reason to believe that a Red Cross marked plane was breaking these rules, shooting it down would not be a war crime.

 

That is all by the way: since Adolf had declared that his forces would not follow the Hague rules in the Eastern theatre (although they did, at least the armed forces did for the most part, in the West) his forces had no right to claim their protection.

 

 

[1PL-Husar-1Esk]

29 minutes ago, il2crashesnfails said:

 

I always thought that was the case. Do you know if these rules were followed

Yes and no , depends during ww2 stukas attacked in Poland buildings and trains marked with Red  Cross but some commanding officers refused to drop bombs and kill wounded or sick ppl.  Those accts of LW dishonor had huge impact on civilian, they gain fear of invaideers and do make chaos and disorganized  logistics or draw resources making defense weaker. 

Edited December 23, 2018 by 307_Tomcat

[-332FG-Gordon200]

Aside from the debate about legality of firing on a medical transport for a moment.

If you are using a custom skin that the other player doesn't have the other player will see your plane in the default skin.

[SYN_Haashashin]

Hi all,

 

This forum is not the place to discuss the politics of the Geneve convention and its application or not in this or that war. Please leave all that out of this forum.

 

All futher post about it will be deleted without warning.

 

Haash

[il2crashesnfails]

12 hours ago, Gordon200 said:

Aside from the debate about legality of firing on a medical transport for a moment.

If you are using a custom skin that the other player doesn't have the other player will see your plane in the default skin.

 

I never thought about that but the skin is just the one in the battle of Stalingrad package