Luftwaffe Fighter Pilot: Defending the Reich Against the RAF and USAAF - Hardcover

Wolfgang Fischer

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1906502838 ISBN 13: 9781906502836

Publisher: Grub Street, 2010

Synopsis

Within weeks of war being declared, Wolfgang Fischer had volunteered to join the Luftwaffe and spent nearly five of the succeeding six years of hostilities in uniform. During this time he was given a succession of postings varying from a long-range recce unit; as a decoder in a met office in occupied France; to a bomber squadron; and, as a flying instructor, before joining a squadron of the famous Richthofen Geschwader in Italy, from where he was shot down in his FW 190 by Mustangs en route to Normandy. By now a Leutnant, he survived to fly offensive rocket attacks over Gold Beach on D-Day, only to be shot down again on D + 1, and captured and sent first to a hospital in the UK, then into captivity in the USA. He was finally repatriated in April 1946. His description of all these events is entertaining and well-written, ranging from comic to tragic. It is unique in flavour, giving a valuable insight into the undeniably typical lot of those serving in the air arm of the Third Reich. Expertly translated and edited by John Weal, this is a worthy accompaniment to Norbert Hannig's "Luftwaffe Fighter Ace" published by Grub Street in 2004.

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Review:

Entertaining and well-written, ranging from comic to tragic, giving a valuable insight to the air arm of the Third Reich --Re-enacting World War Two

About the Author:

Wolfgang Fischer (11 December 1888 - 1 February 1943) was a German career military officer and panzer commander in World War II

About this edition

• Publisher: Grub Street
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1906502838
• ISBN 13: 9781906502836
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 224