Alarmstart: The German Fighter Pilot's Experience in the Second World War (häftad)
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Häftad (Paperback / softback)
Språk
Engelska
Antal sidor
320
Utgivningsdatum
2019-08-15
Förlag
Amberley Publishing
Illustrationer
32 Plates, black and white
Dimensioner
196 x 127 x 23 mm
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272 g
Antal komponenter
1
ISBN
9781445694399

Alarmstart: The German Fighter Pilot's Experience in the Second World War

Northwestern Europe from the Battle of Britain to the Battle of Germany

av Patrick Eriksson
(2 röster)
Häftad,  Engelska, 2019-08-15
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Alarmstart (scramble) charts the experiences of the German fighter pilots in the Second World War, based on extensive recollections of veterans as well as primary documents, diaries and flying log books, with photographs from the veterans themselves, many never previously published. For anyone interested in the air war 193945, the information provided is of inestimable value. There are no more than a handful of WW2 Luftwaffe members alive today. Patrick Eriksson had the foresight to record their experiences first-hand before it was too late. Some witnesses ended up as senior fighter controllers, and one was even a Luftwaffe psychologist. The recollections and views of the former pilots are put within the historical context of the German aerial war. By no means all the witnesses were from the ranks of the aces, and the awful strain of the conflict is manifest: My friend Leo, Kapitn of the 8/JG 54, in the last weeks on the Channel front developed insomnia, anxiety attacks. He was flown out (abgeflogen) and should have been relieved. He was shot down and killed in September 1940. This first volume covers Poland, Denmark and Norway, the Phoney War, the invasion of France and the Low Countries, the Battle of Britain, combating the RAF sweeps in the West, and finally, the Battle of Germany (home defence).
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Having retired after a career as a university lecturer in geology, Professor Patrick G. Eriksson has devoted many years to research for this series of books. He returned to primary sources and, crucially, as an associate member of the German Air Force Veteran's Association since 1974, he has interviewed and corresponded with more than a hundred former members of the Luftwaffe, from junior NCOs to Geschwader commanders. Such primary material is unavailable anywhere else and can never be gathered again. He is the author of 'Alarmstart' Vols I, II and III.

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