Luftwaffe Fighter Pilot: Defending the Reich Against the Raf and Usaaf - Couverture souple

Fischer, Wolfgang

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1911667297 ISBN 13 : 9781911667292

Editeur : Grub Street Publishing, 2022

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. Expertly translated and edited by John Weal, this is a worthy accompaniment to Norbert Hannig's Luftwaffe Fighter Ace (9781911667223) also available in paperback.

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À propos de l?auteur

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

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Grub Street Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2022
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1911667297
• ISBN 13: 9781911667292
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 216
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• Personne responsable: non disponible